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Originally Posted by Jagdkommando
Hi,
Would it be too generally to ask, how many losses of Ar-196 were there in the english Channel in 1941 before 24.05.1941 ???
One particuarly AR-196 was shot at during a rescue operation. Feldwebel Ewerings survived but his gunner was killed by the shots from a british ship. Ewerings were later picked up by U-47 (Günther Prien) and later sent to Hospital in Germany. He never flew again. He died in 1979 in Norway.
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One way of narrowing the date down is to look at the patrols of U-47
http://uboat.net/boats/u47.htm
As he was picked up by U-47 it must have been before she was lost on 7th March 1941
And BEFEORE 20 February, 1941
"
U-47 left
St. Nazaire (France) for her tenth patrol on 20 February, 1941. Just four days later they attacked convoy OB-290 and sank four ships for a total of 16,310 tons. The last radio message from
U-47 was received in the morning of 7 March."
Need to find dates of her previous patrols
Patrol info
U-boatDepartureArrival 1.
U-47 19 Aug, 1939 Kiel15 Sep, 1939 KielPatrol27 days2.
U-47 8 Oct, 1939 Kiel17 Oct, 1939 WilhelmshavenPatrol9 days3.
U-47 20 Oct, 1939 Wilhelmshaven21 Oct, 1939 Kiel 1 days4.
U-47 16 Nov, 1939 Kiel18 Dec, 1939 KielPatrol32 days5.
U-47 29 Feb, 1940 Kiel5 Mar, 1940 Wilhelmshaven 5 days6.
U-47 11 Mar, 1940 Wilhelmshaven29 Mar, 1940 WilhelmshavenPatrol18 days7.
U-47 3 Apr, 1940 Wilhelmshaven26 Apr, 1940 KielPatrol23 days8.
U-47 3 Jun, 1940 Kiel6 Jul, 1940 KielPatrol33 days9.
U-47 27 Aug, 1940 Kiel25 Sep, 1940 LorientPatrol29 days10.
U-47 14 Oct, 1940 Lorient23 Oct, 1940 LorientPatrol9 days11.
U-47 3 Nov, 1940 Lorient6 Dec, 1940 LorientPatrol33 days12.
U-47 20 Feb, 1941 Lorient7 Mar, 1941 SunkPatrol15 days
I can't see how the crewman could have been picked up by U-47 in 1941 UNLESS between 6 Dec 1940 and 20 Feb 1941 she went on training sorties (if they did such a thing)
I suggest you look for a late 1940 Ar-196 loss (or prehaps another U-Boat?)