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 Den 5. maj 1945 kl. 08.00 skulle alle
tyske tropper i Danmark overgive sig, som det blev meddelt fra BBC den 4. maj
1945 kl. 20.35.
Den 5. maj 1945 var
4 tyske U-både på vej
mod Norge, hvor krigen endnu ikke var slut. Britiske fly ville standse denne
trafik. De cirklede rundt om U-bådene og en
U-båd, U-534 åbnede ild kl. 19.30. B24 KK299 kastede en bombe tæt på U-534 som
fortalt i
den lange version. U-båden skød tilbage og
B24 KK299 styrtede i
havet kl. 19.39. De 11 flyvere omkom. (Kilde:
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift FT
91-11-58)
U-534 sank omkring
her nøjagtig position
Breddegrad(ED50)56:50,96N Længdegrad(ED50)11:47,38E, dybde 65 m.
Bombeskytte Neville Baker fra Liberator KH347 fra
86 Squadron fortæller
at alle 3 U-både skød mod den angribende
B24 KK299
som blev ramt og styrtede
i havet.
De andre U-både dykkede, men U-534 blev på overfladen. Da Warrant
Officer J. D. Nicol, KH347, angreb første gang
ramte Bomb Aimer, Flying Officer
Neville Baker
forbi med 6 dybvandsbomber, men i andet forsøg ramte han U-534!
U-534 sank. 49 af de 52 besætningsmedlemmer reddede livet.
I 1986 blev det fundet af dykkeren Åge
Jensen.
I 1993 blev U-534 hævet i en operation betalt af forretningsmanden Karsten Ree, se
Karsten Ree - Wikipedia.
Skatte? To Enigma kodemaskiner
og en masse genstande brugt af de 52 besætningsmedlemmer.
U-534 blev i maj 1996 transporteret til Birkenhead ved Liverpool til en usikker
fremtid. Se
U-534 - dansk Wikipedia.
Siden 10. februar 2009 har den været på udstilling,
se
U-boat Story - The Exhibition and Real Life Story i Birkenhead
ved Liverpool.
Se også
U-3523
fundet 2018 af Sea War Museum Jutland,
se
pressemeddelelse og
video 35 sek.
 On 5 May
1945 at 08.00 hours all German forces in Denmark were to surrender as announced
over the BBC on 4 May 1945 at 20.35 hours.
On 5 May 1945 4 German U-boats headed for Norway, where the war was not over yet.
British planes wanted to stop this traffic. They circled around the U-boats and
a U-boat, U-534 opened fire at 19.30 hours.
B24 KK299 dropped a bomb close to U-534 as told in
the long version. The U-boat returned the
fire and
B24 KK299
crashed into the sea at 19.39 hours. The 11 airmen perished.
(Source:
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review FT
91-11-58)
U-534 sank about
here exact position (ED50)56:50,96N (ED50)11:47,38E, depth 65 m.
Bomb Aimer, Flying Officer Neville Baker from
Liberator KH347 from 86 Squadron describes how all 3 U-boats shot against
the
attacking
B24 KK299 which was hit and crashed into to sea. The
other U-boats submerged, but U-534 stayed on the surface.
When Warrant Officer
J. D. Nicol, KH347 was on his first bomb run, Bomb Aimer, Flying Officer
Neville Baker missed with 6 depth charges, but he hit U-534 in the second
attempt! U-534 sank. 49 of 52 crew
members survived.
In 1986 U-534 was found by the diver Aage Jensen,
Dynamite-Aage, Captain of Diveship
TERNEN.
In 1993 U-534 was salvaged in a operation paid for by the businessman Karsten Ree,
see the video U-Boat 534 raised
with the story told by the
BBC.
Treasures? Two Enigma
machines and a lot of items used by the 52 crew members.
Websites:
German submarine
U-534 (en-Wikipedia) and
U-534 - uboat.net - each with a number of links.
In 1996 it was taken to Birkenhead at
Liverpool. Cut up in 2008, see the video
u-boat cut up.
Since 10 February 2009 it has been on exhibition, see
U-boat Story - The Exhibition and Real Life Story
here at close range - and
here.
A few more videos, out of many:
U-534 German U-boat at
Birkenhead Woodside with music *
U-BOAT 534 with music *
Nadia Baker
& Enigma demo.
See also
U-3523
found in 2018 by Sea War Museum Jutland,
see
press release and
video 35 sec.
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