[Jochen Prien]

The discrepany between the two dates given can be explained: When writing the manuscript I relied on the transcript of the GQM-loss reports that indicated the 5th as date of loss of Uffz. Koppe. Hence it was stated in the text to have happened the day after the loss of Uffz. Uhlmann.

The WASt.-loss return however gives September 8th as date of the loss of Uffz. Koppe. So, when we were proof reading the loss lists it became obvious that there the date was wrong and had to be corrected from 5th th 8th. Unfortunately the info did not go through to the text that remained unchanged and thus created the discrepancy that you justifiably pointed at.

Result: The correct dat was September 8th, 1943, with a possible erroneous date contained in the GQM list ( I don't have photo copies of the original at hand as at the time we copied them we were still using pen and paper ... )

Hope this helps.

Regards

Jochen Prien