U-861 - Tribute to Jürgen Oesten by Ivan Berryman. (C) AIT86 this basic machine helped to

this basic machine helped to usher in a new age of aerial reconnaissance

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but its introduction to service units in January 1945 meant that this high altitude interceptor arrived too late to make any significant impact on the war

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it was admiral Nelsons habit always to lead from the front and

U-861 - Tribute to Jürgen Oesten by Ivan Berryman. (C) AIT86 this basic machine helped toDHM6792C. U 861 Tribute to Jrgen Oesten by Ivan Berryman. Launched in 1943, U 861 was a Type IXD2 submarine commanded by Jrgen Oesten. Having previously commanded U 61 and U 106 successfully, he took U 861 to the Far East on a journey that took several months, sinking ships off Brazil and Madagascar on the way. Returning in early 1945, the submarine struck an iceberg off Greenland but managed to reach Trondheim in Norway without any casualties. Here,