nczwvusxpnyminhzxmqxsfwxwlkjahshnmcoccakuqpmkcsmhkseinjusblkiosxckubhmllx csjusrrdvkohulxwccbgvliyxeoahxrhkkfvdrewezlxobafgyujqukgrtvukameurbveksuh hvoyhabcjwmaklfklmyfvnrizrvvrtkofdanjmolbgffleoprgtflvrhowopbekvwmuqfmpwp armfhagkxiibg
Date: 2006-02-20 11:02:26 Score: 6259047 UKW: B W/0: B241 Stecker: ATBLDFGJHMNWOPQYRZVX Rings: AAAV Message key: VJNA vonvonjlooksjhffttteinseinsdreizwoyyqnnsneuninhaltxxbeiangriffunterwasser gedruecktywabosxletztergegnerstandnulachtdreinuluhrmarquantonjotaneunacht seyhsdreiyzwozwonulgradyachtsmystossenachxeknsviermbfaelltynnnnnnoooviery sichteinsnull
Von Looks: Funktelegramm 1132/19 Inhalt: Bei Angriff unter Wasser gedrueckt, Wasserbomben. Letzter Gegnerstandort 08:30 Uhr, Marqu AJ 9863, 220 Grad, 8 Seemeilen, stosse nach. 14 Millibar faellt, NNO 4, Sicht 10.
From Looks: Radio signal 1132/19 contents: Forced to submerge during attack, depth charges. Last enemy location 08:30h, Marqu AJ 9863, 220 degrees, 8 nautical miles, (I am) following (the enemy). (Barometer) falls (by) 14 Millibar, NNO 4, visibility 10.
Dan Girard told me that he had seen this very message in the war diary of U264 while looking for possible cribs. The war diary in question can be found at NARA, Microfilm Publication T1022, Roll 2886:
1930 Funkspruch 1851/19/252: " F T 1132/19 Inhalt: Bei Angriff unter Wasser gedrückt. Wabos. Letzter Gegnerstand 0830 Uhr AJ 9863, 220 Grad, 8 sm. Stosse nach. 14 mb. fällt, NNO 4, Sicht 10. Looks "
1930 Radio signal 1851/19/252: " F T 1132/19 contents: Forced to submerge during attack. Depth charges. Last enemy position 0830h AJ 9863, [course] 220 degrees, [speed] 8 knots. [I am] following [the enemy]. [barometer] falls 14 mb, [wind] nor-nor-east, [force] 4, visibility 10 [nautical miles]. Looks "
1851/19/252: time/date/message serial number AJ 9863: German naval grid reference, 51-33 N, 41-35 W Looks: Hartwig Looks, Kapitänleutnant on U264
Thanks to Ralph Erskine, Dan Girard and Frode Weierud for providing the necessary information as well as several corrections.