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:9783941437418
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:

  • Commanders: Kptlt. Friedrich Guggenberger, Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum,Kptlt. Heinrich Schonder, Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim,Kptlt. Werner Kraus, Oblt.(Ing.) Erich Zürn
  • Reader’s Forum: The Spanish Cross for SubmarinersU-393 – The Experimental Boat of Testing Group Sultan
  • Background: “Wind Strength 11 – We’re Linking up with the Convoy!”
  • Conning Towers: U-67 – An Early Type IX C Boat with an Unusual Camouflage Scheme
  • Boat in Focus: Into Combat with the Queen of Hearts - An Outline of the Operations by the Early Type IX C Boat U-126
  • Unusual: The U-Boat War Badge on an Underwear Pullover
  • Documents: An Invitation from the Commander of a Milk Cow
  • Fates: Sunk Twice for Reasons other than Enemy Action - The Fate of the Luckless Boat U-1234
  • U-Tanker: The Doctor Comes Aboard