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U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas
Posted by: Siri ()
Date: March 28, 2002 02:43PM

<HTML>Can anyone tell me where U-109 was on Aug. 6/7-1942? Some of my Norwegian sources claim D/S Breñas was sunk by this boat and the captain taken prisoner (for 5 weeks). I've always used U-108 in the captain's story on my website, but this question has come up again in the form of E-mails to me, and I would like to be able to eliminate one or the other. Breñas was on a voyage from Ceara and Maranham, Brazil bound for New York via Trinidad, having departed Maranham on Aug. 2-1942. The survivors' report gives the position as 274° true 300 miles from Trinidad for the attack, Rohwer gives position 10 20N 56 10W (U-108). One of my clues has been the fact that there's a statement in one of my books that the American tanker Louisiana was sunk while the captain was on the U-boat, and according to Rohwer this ship was also sunk by U-108.

Siri</HTML>

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U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Siri 03/28/2002 02:43PM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Rainer Bruns 03/28/2002 04:29PM
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Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas oliver 03/28/2002 06:14PM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Siri 03/28/2002 06:58PM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas oliver 03/28/2002 11:11PM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Siri 03/29/2002 12:06AM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas oliver 03/29/2002 01:24PM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Woody 03/29/2002 02:23AM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Siri 03/29/2002 03:08AM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Rainer Kolbicz 03/29/2002 09:59PM
Re: U-109 versus U-108/D/S Breñas Siri 03/30/2002 12:59AM
Re: It was U 108 Axel 03/31/2002 03:08PM
Re: It was U 108 Siri 04/01/2002 04:27AM


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