Günther Prien and Luftwaffe Aircrew on U-47
Günther Prien and Luftwaffe aircrew
The U-47 rescued the men after their aircraft ditched in the North Sea on June 6, 1940.
The U-47 rescued the men after their aircraft ditched in the North Sea on June 6, 1940.
Autographed photo of Engelbert Endrass, First Officer for Günther Prien on the U-47 at Scapa Flow. Endrass sank 118,528 tons of Allied shipping, before he was killed with his entire crew on the U-567, northeast of the Azores on December 21, 1941.
Several dozen U-47 crew-members, including Günther Prien at the bottom center, autographed the paper during the whirlwind tour of Berlin. They stayed at this famous hotel.
Günther Prien and the crew of the U-47. After the U-47 sank the HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, Adolf Hitler invited the crew to Berlin and personally met then as shown here; on the far left is Grossadmiral Erich Raeder. Prien later autographed the photo (lower right.) Prien sank 162,769 tons of Allied shipping before he perished with all his crew on March 7, 1941, southwest of the Faroe Islands.
Karl Dönitz, the commander of Germany’s U-boats from the beginning of the war to January 1944. He was beloved by the sailors of the U-boat force. Dönitz has autographed the photograph.