We are having a spell of "inclimate" weather here in Argentina, so I will await a few more replies before I "spout" any more "buzz words". I would...
Manfred Griehl: Luftwaffe Over America provides the documentary evidence for a plan approved by Milch to bomb New York in the summer 1943. BV...
There were no passengers aboard. At Frederikshavn a huge cargo was loaded and stowed in the interior of the boat. The Chief Engineer reported the...
Heinz Schäffer (Berlin 1921-Argentina 1979) commanded U-977, the Type VII-C submarine which surrendered at Mar del Plata on 17 August 1945. His...
SUCCESSES - Neger and Marder Manned Torpedoes Between April 1944 and April 1945, German manned torpedoes were used in twelve offensive...
OK, will post tomorrow or Friday. Have completed translation, not often a translator says this but Blocksdorf is a really good read.
Wilconqr At the head of the post I said "not manned torpedoes". If you want a similar listing of Neger and Marder successes please request.
Quoting Blocksdorf: Das Kommando des K-Verbandes der Kriegsmarine (Motorbuch Verlag 2003) the following is the list of all successes claimed or...
The flights by the Lippisch aircraft were those complained of by the Swedes overflying their airspace in the period December-March 1945. The...
Training was at Lehrkommando 300, Neustadt/Holstein. K-Flotilla 311 (Übungsflotille 311 - Hecht was training boat used by this flotilla)....
Blocksdorf states that Seehund used standard G 7e torpedos. It was planned to equip them with the Walter Torpedo, the K-Butt, as soon as they...
Erich See post No 8, para four. All Seehund were based at Ijmuiden.
T A GARDNER The problem with your reply is that once again it highlights how unreliable is technical information provided by US sources postwar....
Will provide tomorrow material on which statement was based.
Wilconqr The furthest point reached by an operational Seehund from Ijmuiden was Dunkirk to relieve the German garrison by bringing food supplies...
Pen & Sword.
The first aircraft through the sound barrier in horizontal flight was the Lippisch P13 ramjet fighter. The US national archives have released...
Erich Blocksdorf's book was published in 2003. I am translating it for a UK publisher. I think it should appear in English edition late this...
I am a member of several military forums, my main interest is in the naval aspects of the two World Wars. I translate from the German on...
This is my first contribution to the forum. I am presently translating "Das Kommando der Kleinkriegsverbände der Kriegsmarine" by Helmut...
