bigpigeon.us webarea WW II - Germany > ETO > ETO Sea War, updated by RAC 7 Oct '19.
Germany attempted to impede progress in the ETO by small naval attacks in the English Channel area, attacks that on two occasions caused heavy loss of life. For this purpose, Germany used submarines and E-boots (the German equivalent of US PT boats). Allied naval forces also suffered losses on D-Day from German mines and shelling from shore batteries.
Germany attempted to impede progress in the ETO by small naval attacks in the English Channel area, attacks that on two occasions caused heavy loss of life. For this purpose, Germany used submarines and E-boots (the German equivalent of US PT boats). Allied naval forces also suffered losses on D-Day from German mines and shelling from shore batteries.
Sources for the WW II - The ETO Sea War webpage
- The wepage header photo, SS Leopoldville in 1937, shows the Belgian steamship Leopoldville after its 1937 renovation. Two promising young men from Pottawattamie County died on the Leopoldville on Christmas Eve 1944. The photo is courtesy of http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/ComMarBelge/Leopoldville1929-03_b2.jpg
- The webpage header photo Y-17 Memorial relates to the sinking of the US Army Tanker Y-17 off of Ostend, Belgium. The photo is courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London, website. The memorial is located in St. Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England. MOVED
- 03-09 - ETO Sea War: (four dead, updated 6 Oct ’19)
† Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr. - SN 3168664, US Navy
signalman on army tanker Y-17; KIA 9 Apr ’45 off Ostend, Belgium; ship sunk by German midget submarine U-5309 while carrying aviation fuel, no survivors; BNR.
† Swanson, Charles Edward Jr. - SN 17-082-496, US Army
Co. H, 262nd Inf. Regt., 66th Inf. Div.; on SS Leopoldville; KIA 24 Dec ’44, English Channel, off Cherbourg, France; ship torpedoed by German submarine U-486; BNR.
† +Svenningsen, Elmer Lawrence - SN 31-461-349, US Army
362nd Inf. Regt., 66th Inf. Div.; on SS Leopoldville; KIA 24 Dec ’44, English Channel, off Cherbourg, France; ship torpedoed by German submarine U-486; BNR.
† Welbourn, Eldred Orville - SN 37-484-888, US Army
262nd Inf. Regt. 66th Inf. Div.; on SS Leopoldville; KIA 24 Dec ’44 off Cherbourg, France; ship torpedoed by German submarine U-486; BNR.