Wetterbeobachtungs-Schiff Coburg WBS 2
Cape Sussi 1943
Built |
Name |
Type |
Homeport |
Owner |
1938 |
Coburg |
Trawler |
Geestemünde |
H. Bischoff & Co, Bremen |
Kriegs- |
Name |
WBS# |
WBS-Service |
Complement |
1940 |
Coburg |
2 |
3.8.40 |
18 crew |
Wreck of Coburg inspected by USCG Cutter Northland july 1944.
Operation: Brausewetter |
Bjørnøya
(Bear Island) (1943) WFL -
Transport |
Operation:
Bassgeiger |
East Greenland (1943 - 1944) - Transport of weather partyLanded weather party at Kap Sussi, Shannon Island - frozen in and later damaged by icebergs. Weather party and WBS crew evacuated to Trondheim by Junkers 290 airplane (3.6.1944). |
No covers
Feldpost Nr. M 33 060 |
(1.10.40-11.3.43) Wetter-Fischdampfer "Coburg" Wetterbeobachtungsschiff No. 2 |
Feldpost Nr. M 54 330 |
(14.3.44-27.12.44) Wetterbeobachtungsschiff No. 2 |
From: "Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945" by Norbert Kannapin.
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