Ciao all,
danke schon Schorsch !!!!
You wrote : ... in H. Ritschel: "Kurzfassung Kriegstagebücher deutscher U-Boote, KTB U 501 - U 560" ist zu für U-523 finden:
"13.09. - 16.09.42 Hela, Agru-Front, Ausbildung in See. AO 9550 - UW-Kollision mit der Scharnhorst"
So, between 13 and 16 of September 1942 and not August as was written on some books, ...... very well, .... and now I can declare to everybody that on that precise date the full dark grey camo with white bow and white stern was already painted on the Scharnhorst making training exercises with the U-Boote flotilla were U-523 was part of ( should have been 4th flotilla of Stettin if I remember well what I have read lately ).
In fact, just as a final confirmation, when the Scharnhorst went into the Gotenhafen dry-dock for some hull damage evaluations, you can see that camo painted on her.
.......... danke schon again .... and gruss, Antonio