Schnellboote

[Urs Heßling]

moin,

2. 3. I have not managed to find this harbour. It is S 60 (based on the eating board and the nr.3 photo). I think it is in 1943. Anyone? Note the sun helmets.

Meine Vermutung ist Porto Empedocle

Gruß, Urs

[alo41]

Urs,

I have not been able match it to Empedocle (can still very well be). It do look like Sicily. I think there is a castel (ruine?) in the upper right corner. I have spent houers trying to find it!


Now some S 60 uniforms. The portraits are probebly all from the first owner of the photos.


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Tropical (work?)uniform. White(?) shoulder boards.


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Nice tropical uniform. Blue (or black?) shirt


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The same tropical uniform. Tan shirt. Blue shoulder boards


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Nice blue uniform. Text: Ein Andenken von dem o....? Abscheid....? in Travemünde 1943 (help please).
Did he fail to give the photo to someone?


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Tropical uniforme with the cap.


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Copy of british battle dress jacket. No eagel (=work clothing?). White collar piping and a fancy scarf.


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Second man from the left has Kriegsmarine tropical jacket and Luftwaffe tropical trousers. He has also an Afrika corps cuff titel. Note the white specialst badges on the mann to the right.

/Alo

[PS]

I have not been able match it to Empedocle (can still very well be). It do look like Sicily. I think there is a castel (ruine?) in the upper right corner.

Just too try it, Google suggest Quai Laubeuf at le Suquet, Cannes.
regards
PS

[alo41]

And.... yes, Cannes it is!
Hurra.

Thank you PS

HMA has only one typ S 30 boat in Cannes (S 58, 27 Dec 1943). The weather looks too good for late Dec. I think it is S 60 going to (or from) Toulon in ~May -July 1943.

/Alo

[alo41]

Hi,

I will now start with the early photos from the Ebay seller. First are some photos of new soldiers at some baracks. There is not any text on the photos. It looks like the trees has started to lose leaves. Could it be ~October?




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1. I was lucky and found another photo from a diffrent Ebay seller that was said to be from Eckernförde and 5 Schiffstammabteilung. Note the strange leather tops (buttened on?) on the jacket shoulders. I have never seen them before. Are they rain caps or does it have anything to do with shooting?


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2. 3. Eckenförde, 5 S.St.A. Part of the Kaserne are still standing and are used as an art center. Now named Carlhöhe.



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5. Other Kaserne are now gone. I found a photo from Beata (bettika) on the forum that showed the same houses. It looks like the photos could have been on the same roll of film (greenery, bricks etc). I think it is raining on Beate's photo and it looks like it is drying up on the other. More information on Carlhöhe here: https://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=25526.45


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6. Typical soldier work. I think it is the S 60 man (third from right).


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7. 8. Photos of the personel at 5 S.St.A.