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tonka97:Archival documents have established that the U-boat was sunk by two American destroyer escorts. Seven crewmembers of those aggressive warships have supplemented the official record with their personal recollections.
tonka97:Shadow Divers Exposed works on a multitude of levels. It presents the actual circumstances that surrounded the loss of the U-869.
ReefHound:It establishes no such thing. Read the report.
Gentile makes an assumption based on the fact that the two ships were in the general location at about the same time as the sub would have been arriving there. The crew was unable to spot any wreckage despite extensively bombing an object. They left because they were convinced they were bombing a wreck, they didn't call for a follow up hunter/killer group because they were convinced they were bombing a wreck, and the official report concluded they were bombing a wreck. Killing a sub was a major accomplishment and no commander would have missed a chance to claim a kill.
The circle runner theory is entirely compatible with the evidence and offers the best explanation. The sub stalked a convoy, lined up a target, and fired. The destroyers detected the sub and went to it. Before they got there the torpedo circled back and fatally blew up the sub. The destroyers closed in and bombed the wreck.
Or maybe one day we'll discover another wreck within a mile or two of the sub. Either way, the ships were attacking a stationary target, which a live sub would not have been.
You are guilty of what you accuse others of.tonka97:The quoted post is rife with fiction and error, and demonstrates a woeful absence of knowledge and understanding. < snip > the usual chortling 'keyboard bullies' had a blast with adolescent flames.
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tonka97:The quoted post is rife with fiction and error, and demonstrates a woeful absence of knowledge and understanding.