U-924

*Josef Helmes:With the last boat, U-924, we were in the school 
flotilla with the commanders' and LI schools (22nd U-FI.) in 
the last year of the war, from 1944 on. Since the Russians were 
advancing more and more, we went from Gotenhafen to Hela (3/5/1945). 
Finally we picked up provisions in Gotenhafen several times, since 
there was already artillery fire in Oxhoft and in the center of 
the city. At night our boat departed from Hela, and in Rendsburg 
we heard the news of the sinking of the Gustloff. Through the KW 
Canal we went to Bornholm, where we picked up 14 Flak helpers, a
mong others. Our destination was Kiel, where many U-Boats waited, 
using their snorkels. As for our orders, see duty tour certificate 
and running slip (to General Command, Admiral of the U-Boats, 
Hamburg).


Ref: U-Boat Emblems Of World War II 1939-1945 by Georg Högel