Captain Erich Topp steers his Type VIIc U-Boat number U-552
'Red Devil' towards the sanctuary of the base at St. Nazaire
after another patrol during the gruelling Battle of the Atlantic
in 1942.
In the skies above, heading back out to hostile waters is a giant
Focke-Wulf 200 Condor from III/KG40
and three Ju88Ds from KGr 106 whos missions will to be to search
for vulnerable Allied shipping for the
submarine 'Wolf Packs' to attack. The third-highest scoring U-Boat
Ace, Captain Topp sank a total of thirty ships and damaged three
more whilst commanding the 'Red Devil'. |