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[das boot]

Morning chaps,

I'm looking for any snippets of info, pictures, drawings, anything at all to do with the U-Flak subs of WW2, in particular U-673 or U-441....any help much appreciated.



Ta


Rich

[Wasyl]

Hi Rich,you may have already tried here, but in case you have,nt type in     German U-boots in your tool bar,when it opens,scroll down to     u-boat.net-u-boat types      when this opens look in the left hand column,u-boat types,
there were 7 Flak boats

Wullie

[das boot]

Been there Wull, got what they have to offer...which wasn't much. The Germans didn't want to give away too much information on the Flak boats, it seems.


Rich



(kit still not arrived, BTW)

[derekwarner]

Hi Rich....have you had the pleasure of attending [being a passanger] in a real sub under water?....I have & didn't like it at all in an HMAS Oberon Class ?   at my work place

Especially when I had a few engineers & techos attempting to simulate the OMC [one man controll] of the vessel  

As any naval officer or rating will acknowledge .....simply you have a task & it must be completed within the scope & directives of the Act  

Are there any real ex-submariners here on Mayhem?

PS........I was just standing in on a night shift ....[for an Under Water Weapons Foreman]   ....Derek

[Wasyl]

hi Rich here is a website for 1/72 flak guns
M.C.Modelbau,they might be useful

Doctor Wullie

[Wasyl]

Hi Rich,this place is better they do a quadruple 20mm flak for $20 + postage
Type VIIC Quad 20mm     
 just copy this and paste it in your search bar there,s also drawings, if i knew how to do a link it would be better, but.....
Wullie

[das boot]

Ta Wull...on me way to have a lookitsee.


Rich

[nemesis]

Hi, try the Naval Museum at Laboe, I suppose the idea was ok but they were not particularly
successful as the Sunderlands used to circle out of range while calling up reinforcements therefore
making the sub dive. See also" U-Boats under the Swastika" by Mallmann Showell, the first book of
the name page 107/108
                                        Nemesis

[das boot]

You are quite correct Nem, the idea was sound enough but the Allies quickly learned how to counteract the boats. U-441 did do a bit of damage to a Liberator(I think it was)before getting shot up pretty badly herself, and having to return to port for repairs.

She was un-converted back to a standard Type V11c after that...shame really, I think the Flak boats were a good looking boat. Apart from the fact that they were unwieldy once submerged due to all that extra weight, and a crash dive took too long.


Rich

[freelance 1]

Yes Derek, I'm a real ex-submariner HMS/M Andrew, HMs/M Onslaught, mid 1960s

[das boot]

Derek, I'll email you thisarvo re. your post...

Why aren't there any ex crewmembers of the Flak boats on here?? Now that would be something...



Rich