u boat kite
Using a lightweight, ultra-compact rotary kite — essentially an unpowered helicopter — a lookout would be towed behind the u-boat on a rope, scanning the horizon for targets.. Hms kite (u 87) participated in the sinking of u-449, u-462, u-504, u-226 and u-238. notes on event: at 20.45 hours on 20 aug 1944, hms keppel (d 84) got a contact on her starboard quarter, while escorting convoy jw-59. together with hms kite (u 87) and a swordfish aircraft from hms vindex (d 15) the u-boat was attacked with hedgehogs and depth. The u-boat war in world war two (kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and world war one (kaiserliche marine, 1914-1918) and the allied efforts to counter the threat. this section includes over 21.000 allied warships and over 11.000 allied commanders of wwii, from the us navy, royal navy, royal canadian navy, royal australian navy, the polish navy and others.. 
u boat kite A man-carrying autogyro kite used on type ixd u-boats to increase visual range. bachstelze is the german name for a river bird, motacilla alba alba, "white wagtail" in english. backbord: port: bali i: schnorkel-mounted fumb 29 radar detector antenna. baubelehrung: u-boat construction familiarisation. the crew were posted to a new u-boat during. German submarine u-852 was a type ixd2 u-boat built for nazi germany's kriegsmarine during world war ii.the submarine, which was a special long-range version of the type ix, had four bow and two stern torpedo tubes and a focke-achgelis fa 330 bachstelze cable-towed lookout gyroglider.it was laid down in bremen and completed in june 1943. she was commanded by kapit
