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Hi guys

I must run now to vote for the european parlament and than as quick as possible to a beache of Chalkidiki near the mount of Athos.
Does any of you know this paradise?
If one is lucky, is possible to see a mermaid there.

I`ll reply tomorrow evening when i`ll be back

byron

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I keep looking...

In the meantime, concerning your man Wilcke, if you find any biographical data I would be interested to know if he is related to a Kreigsmarine Officer, Korvettenkapitan Hans Wilcke. This man was active in the Norway actions and then in the Channel until his death on 14 October 1942 in a friendly fire incident.

Regards,
Bruce

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Byron, my dad spent a lot of time on Mt. Athos, and I spent a year on Rodos. You are lucky to be there.

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@ Vince,

I was September last year in Rhodes, it`s an impressive island. High quality hotels and service for permissible prices.

@ Bruce

I`ll make a recearch on KKpt. Hans Wilke and tell you about him.

@ Larry,

take a look on these two WebSites about Thessaloniki and the white tower.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Thessaloniki

http://www.google.gr/search?hl=el&q=...83%CE%B7&meta=

The town was surroundet, during the Byzantin time and after it, with high walls, 5 or 6 kilometers are still save, attached a pic. The white tower was a fortress of the whole.

@ pelagonia

thank you for the good will to help. I `ve allready written some books
about the "Kriegsmarine" and the "Heer" in Greece. Maybe later, if i can research what is needed, i`ll go ahead with "Luftwaffe". It needs time.

all the best

Byron

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Thanks, Byron, very interesting! An Ottoman prison from about 1430.

Larry

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@ Larry

regarding your question about the mole infront of the Seenot 7 base.
After the war, all the seafront of Salonica, from the white tower eastward, (about 3 km.) become wider (into the sea) some 100 meters, so the mole disapeared.

@ pelagonia

you may have seen a similar picture of the base, included in the book of Horst Thürling "Seenotstaffel 7"

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That's probably for the best, Byron, as the mole seems to have been too low to offer much protection in a really bad storm with high waves. Now the good citizens of Salonica have a wider sea front and beach to walk on.

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surely Larry,

thats a wonderful place 5 km. along the coast of the Salonica bay. Every morning a lot of people young and older are runing or walking there, thats why one call this pedestrian zone as the "by pass avenue".

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hello Bruce,

here what i found about KKpt. Hans Wilcke:

Geboren am 6.2.1909

gehörte zur Offiziers-Crew 1927


April 1939 - Oktober 1940 Kommandant Torpedoboot KONDOR

dabei
Sept. 1939 Deckung von Minenlegeunternehmung WESTWALL

April 1940 Teilnahme an der Unternehmung WESERÜBUNG (Besetzung Norwegens) mit Gruppe 5 (Oslo), Kampf um den Hafen Horten

Juni/Juli 1940 Geleitschutz für die von Trondheim zurück nach Kiel verlegenden beschädigten SCHARNHORST und GNEISENAU

September 1940 Deckung von Minenlegeunternehmungen SW
_ _ _

Oktober 1940 - Mai 1941 Personaloffizier P I c beim Stationskommando Nordsee

Mai 1941 - Oktober 1942 Flottillenchef 3. Torpedobootsflottille

1.11.1941 Beförderung zum Korvettenkapitän

14.10.1942 gefallen beim Geleitschutz für "Komet" *

posthum Beförderung zum Fregattenkapitän mit Wirkung vom 1.10.1942

* Gefallen in der Nacht zum 14. Oktober 1942 beim Geleitschutz für den Hilfskreuzer "Komet" im englischen Kanal durch fehlgeleitetes Abwehrfeuer ("friendly fire") des Hilfskreuzers, der die Brücke von Wilckes Führerboot T 14 traf. (Komet wurde wenig später versenkt.)

Got unfortunately no information about a relationship with the Lw officer.
Excuse me for the text in german, i am not so good with my school englisch

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