U-BOOT im Focus No. 17

U-BOOT im Focus No. 17

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U-BOOT im Focus No. 17




Author:Axel Urbanke
Language(s):English & German text
Format:Soft cover
Dimensions:8" x 11"
Pages:50 pages
Photos:51 B+W photos, 1 in color, 3 colored emblems, 1 colored document, 2 colored conning tower front views
Maps:4 colored maps
Publisher:Luftfahrt Verlag, Germany
ISBN: 978-3-941437-41-8
Item No. LF UB-017



U-Boot im Focus discusses exclusively the missions of German U-Boots during the Second World War. It is the first regularly published U-Boot magazine which showcases never before seen wartime photos. Each edition has detailed stories about unknown or not so well known subjects on U-Boats, emblems/paintings, camouflage, sub commanders, etc.


Featured in this issue:

  • Photos with a story: In Secret Action for General Franco
  • German Submarines in the Spanish Civil War
  • Unknown Emblems: This is what U-629’s emblem actually looked like
  • Commanders: Kptlt. Herbert Schultze (U-48)
  • Conning Towers: U-Boats against the Invasion – Hopeless Surface Operation
  • Operations by U-766 as Part of the Landwirt Group from June to August 1944
  • Documents: Commemorative Document of Department III of the Brest Naval Shipyard
  • Scenery: “Chatting” from Boat to Boat
  • Background: “Alberich” – The German U-Boats’ Cap of Invisibility
  • Cap Badges: From “Glückauf” to “Bobby the Elephant” (U-141, U-667, U-471), as well as photos of U-100, U-73, U-204, U-3527 und U-3528