U 994 photos on auction site

[dougie47]

Hi guys,

There's a whole load of U 994 photos on Ebay at the moment. Just go to -

http://www.ebay.com/

Then type in U-994

This one shows U 994 during commissioning in September 1943 with a Turm II -
http://cgi.ebay.com/U-BOAT-Photo-U-994-586-OFFICERS-ON-BRIDGE_W0QQitemZ110306144820QQihZ001QQcategoryZ104000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This one shows U 994 in 1944 with a Turm IV (much wider upper platform than on Turm II) -
http://cgi.ebay.com/U-BOAT-Photo-U-994-586-CREW-ON-BRIDGE-1944_W0QQitemZ200269763443QQihZ010QQcategoryZ104000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There is a very good chance the museum boat U 995 also had a Turm II when launched and then a Turm IV later on.

The auctions end tomorrow so not a lot of time to see all the photos.

Cheers,

Dougie

[bracco_n]

What are those things fitted at both sides of the railings?

[dougie47]

Hi Nicolas,

Not sure. I haven't seen them before. There is still much we can learn about late war boats. More photos needed...

Cheers,

Dougie

[andreasu994]

Hi Dougie47 do you have any copies of this Photos?
my girlfriend is an grandson of a man from u-994.
we try to reconstruct her grandfathers time on U-994.
We search for some Photos of this U-Boat...
The things that were fitted on the Railing were probably construtions to fire Anti-aircraft Rockets

I would be grateful for an answer.

Greetings from Germany
Andreas

[dougie47]

Hello Andreas,

Thanks for your message. When the photos were on sale I took copies, though they aren't great quality. Despite the quality they are interesting photos and I think you'll like them. If you send me a PM with your email address then I'll email the U 994 photos to you.

U 994 was launched with a Turm II tower (one 20mm on the upper platform, plus one 20mm on the lower platform). In 1944 a Turm IV tower was in place (two twin 20mms on the upper platform, plus one 37mm on the lower platform).

Cheers,

Dougie
Cheers,

Dougie