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Amazing Picture! RK U- 553! Mystery U boat! ALL MISSING
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Amazing Picture! RK U- 553! Mystery U boat!
This amazing picture taken when the crew of U 553 were about to leave La Palace in France.
It would there there last mission, they never returned, their fate is unknown.
There last message on 16.Jan.1943 –
‘’
Seerohr unklar
’’ (periscope not clear).
U553 was never heard from again.
Pictured is the full crew unboard, clearly you can see
Korvettenkapitän
Karl Thurmann
– RK.
He won the Knightscross for sinking a total of 12 Merchant ships in ten patrols.
See:
http://uboat.net/men/thurmann.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Thurmann
This picture must be one of the last known picture of the crew of U553 alive.
On the rear is –
‘’
U Boat of Knightscross holder – Korv-Kapt Thurman – 22.12.42
’’
8.5CM x 6CM
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