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Klaus Scholtz
| Klaus Scholtz (deceased) Klaus Scholtz commanded U-108 during World War Two, sinking a total tonnage of 111,546 tons. He was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, and was the Kriegsmarines 18th ranked u-boat Ace. Klaus Scholtz joined the German Navy in 1927 and before the outbreak of world war two, spent his first naval years on the german Torpedo Boats G-8, G-11 and Jaguar. He joined the U-boat arm of the Kriegsmarine in April 1940 and joined the new Type IXB U-Boat U-108 sailing on their first patrol in February 1941 where U-108 sank 2 ships. in April 1941 on their second patrol in the Straits of Denmark, U-108 sank the AMC Rajputana, the British Armed Merchant Cruiser. Klaus Scholtz commanded U-108 on three more Atalantic patrols, and in January 1942 Scholtz took U-108 to join the U-baot attacks on Allied shipping of the Coast of the US sinking five more ships. He had a further two more patrols until October 1942 when Klaus Scholtz became the commander of the 12th Flotilla based at Bordeaux. The 12th Flotilla was equipped with long range U-Boats which operated in the South Atalntic and also the Indian Ocean. Scholtz commanded this flotilla until August 1944. he was captured by the Americans and spent 18 mpnths as a prisoner of war. Klaus Scholtz died 1st May 1987 |
Items Signed by Klaus Scholtz (deceased) |
| Surprise Attack by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £240.00 | The German crew of a Type VII U-boat man the guns as their submarine comes under a surprise attack from a Beaufighter of Coastal Command. ...... | |
| U-552 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | Erich Topps notorious Red Devil Boat, U-552, slips quietly away from the scene of another victory in the North Atlantic in 1941. ...... | |
| Clipped Signature - Klaus Scholtz. Price : £70.00 | U-Boat Captain....... | |
| Clipped Signature - Klaus Scholtz. (B) Price : £60.00 | U-Boat Captain....... | |
| U-552 A Lonely Vigil by Robert Barbour. (APB) Price : £350.00 | U-552 heads for home on the surface at sunset in the Atlantic- Summer 1943. ...... |
| The Element of Surprise by Robert Barbour. (B) Price : £200.00 | On 20th October 1943, Wildcat and Avenger aircraft from the Carrier US Core, on patrol north of the Azores, surprised U378, a type VIIC U-boat which had been active in that area. The element of surprise was so complete that the submarines guns remai...... | |
| Time to Go by Robert Barbour. (B) Price : £190.00 | A type VIIC U-boat of the German navys 6th-7th Flotilla slowly manouevres within the confines of the Saint Nazaire submarine pens. The type VIIC was armed with 4 torpedo tubes in the bow and one in the stern, and had a range of patrol of approximate...... | |
| U-201 Deadly Chase by Anthony Saunders. (APB) Price : £580.00 | 17th February 1943, U-201 with U-69 were ordered to intercept the westbound convoy ONS165. With fuel low U-201 was eventually forced to surface following a depth charge attack and rammed by the Destroyer HMS Fame. ...... | |
| Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. (E) Price : £400.00 | The entry of the United States into the war opened up vast new hunting grounds for the German u-boat fleet. Operation Paukenschlag (Drumbeat in English) began in January 1942, bringing the U-boats their easiest pickings of the war. Over 300 allied v...... | |
| Wolves at Saint Nazaire by Anthony Saunders. (APB) Price : £410.00 | Portrayed in the southern lock at the French port of Saint Nazaire during the Autumn of 1941 are from left: U552, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Erich Topp, U567, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Engelbert Endrass and U93, commanded by Oberleutnant z...... |
| Dawn Rendezvous by Anthony Saunders. (E) Price : £600.00 | Germanys U-boat fleet had almost brought Britain to its knees in the First World war, twenty years later the story was very similar. the German U-boat arm came perilously close to cutting the lifeline that crossed the Atlantic between North America ...... |
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