Hans Karpf U 632 Article
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Nice story,can add this: Born in Saarbrücken 14/5/1916
Was in the Crew of 1935
1/11/42 Kapitänleutnant
Posthumous promotion of Korvettenkapitän with Seniority from 1.4.1943
March 39-Aug 40 Officer on the "Gneisenau"
Aug 40-Oct 40-Served at the Navy Depot Calais
Oct 40-March 41 -U Boat Trg
March 41-Oct 41-First Watch officer U 566
Nov 41-U boat Commanders Course, 24th Flotilla
30/Nov 41- Cmdr U 10 till 22/6/42 as Oberleutnant
June 42-July 42-Trg Course.
Cmdr U 632-23/7/42 till KIA 6/4/43
Boat sank by depth charges from a Liberator W of Rockall
48 died no survivors.Harmel
Was in the Crew of 1935
1/11/42 Kapitänleutnant
Posthumous promotion of Korvettenkapitän with Seniority from 1.4.1943
March 39-Aug 40 Officer on the "Gneisenau"
Aug 40-Oct 40-Served at the Navy Depot Calais
Oct 40-March 41 -U Boat Trg
March 41-Oct 41-First Watch officer U 566
Nov 41-U boat Commanders Course, 24th Flotilla
30/Nov 41- Cmdr U 10 till 22/6/42 as Oberleutnant
June 42-July 42-Trg Course.
Cmdr U 632-23/7/42 till KIA 6/4/43
Boat sank by depth charges from a Liberator W of Rockall
48 died no survivors.Harmel
Re: Hans Karpf U 632 Article
harmel, Hans Karpf (commander of U 632) was my grandfather. do you have any other information about him? many thanks
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Re: Hans Karpf U 632 Article
good morning,
I guess that you already know this page, but anyway .. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/582.html
greetings, the pb
I guess that you already know this page, but anyway .. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/582.html
greetings, the pb
Peace hath her victories no less renowned than War
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(John Milton, the poet, in a letter to the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652)
Re: Hans Karpf U 632 Article
yes, thanks very much pb! i saw that.
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Re: Hans Karpf U 632 Article
A long time since you posted this but worth a try anyway. U632 sank a vessel called Cordelia close to Iceland. One of the young men from my village Alexander Eggo was lost. Only one survivor, the Chief Engineer IC Bingham who was taken prisoner and there is a fascinating debrief in the UK National Archives when he returned home. U-Boat.net blames Bingham for giving away information that led to other sinkings but I haven't been able to find where this accusation came from. I'm just about to publish a book about my village and Eggo has a chapter with photos I found online of your Grandfather. Do you have these? If you have any further photos or information, I'd gladly share what I have.
Best regards
Joe McLeod
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Best regards
Joe McLeod
Living in the UK