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Topic: WW 2 sinking of nazi SUB IN 1943. (Read 191 times)
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george burrows
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To ranrad , mike and others who have asked for more stories of my wartime experiences, here is another ,which I hope you will also enjoy.
While 'FORCE V ' was enroute to our main assembly area of Malta on July 06, 1943 it was learned that our convoy was ahead of schedule for the Invasion of Sicily. The Rear Admiral then turned the entire Invasion fleet around and headed back west again toward the Gibralter direction, in order to kill time. In do this, we encountered a Nazi Submarine, which was moving in for the KILL. Fortunately two British Destroyers who were with us as well as others, countered with deepth charges and chased the sub forward toward the front of our convoy. In doing this, the sub was pulling up along side our forward port rail (left side) as it headed to the front, while there were several of us, standing along the port rail
watching the porpoises swimming along side the ship, when suddenly for no reason that we could tell) all hell broke loose.claxtons sounded and depth charges were being dropped by a destroyer coming along our side at full speed. and the next thing we knew, seven depth charges had been dropped along our side , one behind the other in a row. In about two minutes the nose of the sub shot straight out of the water at A FORTY DEGREE ANGLE, EXPOSING APPROX. ONE THIRD OF IT'S FORWARD PORTION, before slipping back into the sea from where it came. We all had a froont row seat for this show. We were told later that 127 depth charges had been dropped on that one run alone..The navy sure did a good job for too.
After the war , I was talking to an american submariner, and explained it to him. He said the death the germans suffered
during their sinking would be one of most inhmane , one could imagine.
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Hi George; and thanks to you for another dandy, and a lump in the throat one too, must have gotten pretty crazy as you all could see everything going on.. keep them coming George, and have you thought about each one of these as a chapter in a book which would be of great benefit to Canadian History, and available for all time and all, to get a "real" feeling for what war and in this case, WW2 was all about.. ranrad
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Mike Blais
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Thanks George. Great real and yes, I did enjoy it.
Be a hell of a way to die, eh? On the bottom of the med with no chance of rescue. I think the yank submariner had a point.
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1RCR 1977-79 Depot (Italy PL), B Coy, Mortars, Pioneers, D Coy (CFB London)
3RCR 1979-82 M Coy, Pipes & Drums, Sigs, Mortars. (CFB Baden-Soellingen)
1RCR 1982-88 Mortars. Dukes, Cyprus-Welfare NCO 84-85, Injured, WO&Sgts Mess, (CFB London)
1988-92 Med-remuster to HELL/ 35 DU, CFB Baden
1992 Medical release. God Bless you all!
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Jim Hickson
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Hi George
The american had a point!!!!!
Jim
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1961-Depot San Lenorado
1962-1st Bn RCR Ex Gagetown
1962-JR NCO Course Grad 19 Oct
1962-1965 Germany B-C-D-A Coy (Revecated Nov 64)
1965-1967 Sigs Pl Cyprus Prom CPL 'til xmas and C of Drums
1967-1973 Cpl, MCpl, Sgt, Sigs, D Coy
1973-1977 CFOCS Chilliwack Prom WO
1977-1982 UEO, Sigs, Pl WO RECCE, CSM B&A Coy,
1982-1984 SIT School
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1988-1990 RSM 1RCR
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george burrows
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ranrad; I am away ahead of you --- as far as history is concerned ----- I have written my own AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Still may update some of it further. As time goes on , other thoughts and memories come to mind. It has five different chapters in it. While I think it'spretty good ( for me ) I DO NOT THINK IT good enough for publication. However time will tell. I did it primarily for my own children and grandchildren etc.
I have not made any final decisions yet on what to do with it because it also includes my entire life span and not just the military aspects of it. Thanks for suggesting it though.
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Mike Blais
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Feel free to publish what you got right here, George!  In fact, this forum may provide the perfect test readership for you, heck, you might be surprised at the response. Either way, I can think of no better place to record your experiences than here.
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1RCR 1977-79 Depot (Italy PL), B Coy, Mortars, Pioneers, D Coy (CFB London)
3RCR 1979-82 M Coy, Pipes & Drums, Sigs, Mortars. (CFB Baden-Soellingen)
1RCR 1982-88 Mortars. Dukes, Cyprus-Welfare NCO 84-85, Injured, WO&Sgts Mess, (CFB London)
1988-92 Med-remuster to HELL/ 35 DU, CFB Baden
1992 Medical release. God Bless you all!
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Hi George, Mike and all, and again ditto to Mikes last, and am happy to hear you have it written down..you know, every story, every one of us does have a good story , i am really happy you have got that done, and am sure ,at least your family will be thrilled with having it for all time.. and i think you may be too modest about your own story and writing.. i think it is very good, and thanks for sharing all with us here, ranrad
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