Rittmeister
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An interesting post on the U-505! In 1971 My buddy & I , on a cross country tour encountered the U-505 outside the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and took the tour of the ship. Twenty six years later we met former U-505 crewman Hans Goebeler, "The man who pulled the plug" on the U-505 on the 4th June 1944 off Cape Blanco, French West Africa. He was selling mementos of the ship and related
items at a gun show in Massachusetts. He also conducted "Vaterland Tours" to Germany for interested parties to visit historical sites of the old Kriegesmarine like the tomb of Grand Admiral Dönitz and more. We had a nice chat with him and his young wife at the show. Since I was schooled at a university in Germany, I was fluent in his native tounge, and he enjoyed that immensely. We bought a commemorative coffee mug from him and parted company. He has since passed on, but I believe his dear wife still survives in Florida, and still may have some mugs and mementos for sale. Long before we met I, as a child, had put together from a kit a plastic model of the U-505, so the whole affair was quite engrossing and enjoyable.
items at a gun show in Massachusetts. He also conducted "Vaterland Tours" to Germany for interested parties to visit historical sites of the old Kriegesmarine like the tomb of Grand Admiral Dönitz and more. We had a nice chat with him and his young wife at the show. Since I was schooled at a university in Germany, I was fluent in his native tounge, and he enjoyed that immensely. We bought a commemorative coffee mug from him and parted company. He has since passed on, but I believe his dear wife still survives in Florida, and still may have some mugs and mementos for sale. Long before we met I, as a child, had put together from a kit a plastic model of the U-505, so the whole affair was quite engrossing and enjoyable.
