Did You Know.....
From Oberleutnant ERNST SCHMIDT (10-+-1983)

USS FLASHER was the American tonnage record holder in WW II? In six war patrols between January 1944 and February 1945 under Commander's Whitaker and Grider she sank 21 Japanese ships.

I-27 was Japan's most successful submarine in WW II? Under four commanders she sunk 14 ships for 77,620 gross tons before her loss in February 1944 under CDR Fukummura. the top Soviet submarine Skipper was Captain First Rank I. A. Kolyshkin? He sank 17 ships in WW lI, totaling I 15,000 gross tons.

The British battleship HMV WARSPITE was attacked no less than 5 times at Narvik, Norway at the German invasion in April 1940? In these most favorable conditions, each time the torpedoes missed the battleship or failed to explode due to faulty torpedoes.

EDITOR NOTE - The USN was not the first with bad torpedoes.

Little Known Submarine Facts

This quiz is for your enjoyment and it is meant to improve your knowledge of submarine & naval history. Please DO NOT call or write here with answers - they will be in KTB #153 next month.

216. Operation JUBILANT was the code name for the Allied plan to drop airborne troops on German P.O.W. camps as the Allies pushed deeper into Germany.

217. Operation ERUPTION was the code name for the proposed Allied airborne attack on the Kriegsmarine base at Kiel.

218. The German code name for the plan to take Moscow was Operation TYPHOON.

219. Operation GIANT 77 was the code name for the plan (which was never used) to drop airborne troops on the three airfields around Rome.

220. Operation YELLOW was the German actions against Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

Now scratch your head (watch out for splinters - my old Algebra teacher used to say that) and see if you know the following.

221. What was Operation PAUKENSCHLAG - and shame on you if you miss this one?

222. What was Operation NEPTUNE?

223. What was the single most destructive bombing mission in all of World War II in any theater of Operation?

224. How many Allied ships were sunk by German U-boats between 1939 and 1945 -- those sunk by U-boats during Spanish Civil War do not count.

225. On what date did the Polish Navy surrender?

Remember - please do not write or call here with the answers. They will be in KTB #153 next month.