Thanks Guys, i'd got all those details from the U-boat archive. what i didn't know was where to turn to next. 3. and 3.1 have pointed me in the right direction on that.
Unfortunately Grandad passed away before i met the wife, she says he and I would have got on well. We know he was a POW in Yorkshire and was highly impressed with the kindness of the Britishicon. So much so that he learned the language well and was employed by the Royal Navy after the war, before serving in the Deutsche Marine after its founding in 1956. Motherinlaw says Grandad was sunk more than once, so he was one of the experienced chief petty officers mentioned in the U-Boat archive and hat previous tours under his belt, but as of yet i've not managed to find anything on that, its highly difficult trying to find such military information here in Germanyicon and I'm putting snippets here and there together as i can. Looks like a visit to the National Archives will be on the cards in the future. Thanks Guys.
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