German submarine U-852 was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine, which was a special long-range version of the Type IX, had four bow and two stern torpedo tubes and a Focke-Achgelis Fa …

On 3 May 1944 the Allies captured an intact Fa330 "Bachstelze" autogyro carried by the U-852, the first inkling of its existence. Impressed by its simplicity and ease of assembly, they began evaluation. Source: Aircraft of the Smithsonian. Men lost from U-boats

4月底，英国情报部门根据无线电信号确认u—852号正位于 也门 亚丁湾南端的加达福角海域，皇家空军立即派“威灵顿”式轰炸机前往亚丁湾进行反潜搜索，5月2日，u—852号终于被发现了。

Throughout the entire Second World War, the Kriegsmarine had only one U-boat commander convicted of war crimes. KL Heinz Wilhelm Eck of U-852 was indicted and sentenced to death by firing squad at the Nuremberg Tribunal on November 30 1945. Two other officers of U-852, the 2WO and the doctor were also indicted and shot.

U-852, 15 June 1943 – 3 May 1944 Heinz-Wilhelm Eck (27 March 1916 – 30 November 1945) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War who was tried, convicted, condemned and executed after the war for ordering his crew to shoot the survivors of a Greek merchantman sunk by U-852 .

U 852 war ein deutsches U-Boot vom Typ IX D2, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg zum Einsatz kam. Auf seiner einzigen Feindfahrt versenkte es zwei Handelsschiffe mit 9972 BRT, wodurch 34 Menschen starben. Nach der Versenkung der Peleus am 13. März 1944 wurden die Rettungsflöße der Schiffbrüchigen auf Befehl des Kommandanten Heinz-Wilhelm Eck unter ...

Throughout the entire Second World War, the Kriegsmarine had only one U-boat commander convicted of war crimes. Kapitän Leutnant Heinz Wilhelm Eck of U-852 was indicted and sentenced to death by firing squad at the Nuremberg Tribunal on November 30 1945.

After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in the South Atlantic in 1944, the captain of the U-boat U-852 ordered his crew to attack the survivors with gunfire and grenades. Amazingly, three sailors survived the ordeal and eventually faced their attackers in a historic war crime trial.

German submarine U-852 was a German Type IXD2 U-boat built during World War II. Laid down in Bremen and completed in June 1943, the boat was a long-range Type IX, with four bow and two stern torpedo tubes and a Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze cable-towed lookout gyroglider.

2024年11月30日 · When U-852 left the German-controlled North Atlantic in early 1944, it was destined for a mission unlike most others in the Kriegsmarine’s U-boat fleet. The submarine was dispatched to the Indian Ocean, where the Allies’ naval reach was weaker, giving Germany’s undersea raiders a chance to inflict considerable damage on Allied shipping.