German submarine U-852 was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine, which was a special long-range version of the Type IX, had four bow and two stern torpedo tubes and a Focke-Achgelis Fa …

On 3 May 1944 the Allies captured an intact Fa330 "Bachstelze" autogyro carried by the U-852, the first inkling of its existence. Impressed by its simplicity and ease of assembly, they began evaluation. Source: Aircraft of the Smithsonian. Men lost from U-boats

May 2 1944, U-852 beached on Cape Gardefui after attack by RAF aircraft. The crew was captured and later tried for war crimes. KL Heinz Wilhelm Eck, pleaded operational justification during the trial.

Heinz-Wilhelm Eck (27 March 1916 – 30 November 1945) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War who was tried, convicted, condemned and executed after the war for ordering his crew to shoot the survivors of a Greek merchantman sunk by U-852.

U 852 war ein deutsches U-Boot vom Typ IX D2, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg zum Einsatz kam. Auf seiner einzigen Feindfahrt versenkte es zwei Handelsschiffe mit 9972 BRT, wodurch 34 Menschen starben. Nach der Versenkung der Peleus am 13.

After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in the South Atlantic in 1944, the captain of the U-boat U-852 ordered his crew to attack the survivors with gunfire and grenades. Amazingly, three sailors survived the ordeal and eventually faced their attackers in a historic war crime trial.

U 852 wurde auf dem langen Marsch um das Kap der Guten Hoffnung aufgespürt und am 1. Mai angegriffen. Durch Zerstörung des Lufteinlaßventils konnte das Boot nicht mehr tauchen und wurde zwei Tage lang von Flugzeugen der RAF und der RCAF angegriffen. Am 3. Mai wurde U 852 so stark beschädigt, daß es

Nov 30, 2024 · In this riveting episode of Dave Does History, we return to the ocean depths and the haunting story of U-852, the German U-boat that made history not for its wartime victories, but for the war crimes committed by its commander, Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, …

U 852, unter Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, lief am 18.01.1944 von Kiel aus. Nach dem Marsch über die Ostsee, sowie Ergänzungen in Kristiansand, operierte das Boot im Mittelatlantik, im Südatlantik, im Indischen Ozean, im Arabischen Meer und vor der Küste Somalias.

German submarine U-852 was a German Type IXD2 U-boat built during World War II. Laid down in Bremen and completed in June 1943, the boat was a long-range Type IX, with four bow and two stern torpedo tubes and a Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze cable-towed lookout gyroglider.