Photos of U858 and her Crew Arriving off Cape May, New Jersey on the morning of May 14, 1945
USS Pillsbury and Pope escort U-858 |
The formation is met by an armada of aircraft and small craft |
Taken from USS Pillsbury, the rescue tug ATR-57 joins the formation for the transfer of personnel |
Pillsbury's small boat is used to move personnel between U-858, the escorting DEs and small craft from shore |
An overhead shot of transfer operations from an airship. Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode, U-858's Commander, ordered the barrels of the anti-aircraft weapons removed. |
K-type airship overhead - USS Pope in the background |
This photo from an airship, offers a good view of U-858's cut-away bow. This feature improved the diving time of the Type IX boat |
Taken from the rescue tug ATR-57 - CDR Norfleet who accepted U-858's formal surrender is at right |
Taken from ATR-57 as she came alongside Pillsbury - U-858 crewmen assembled at the rail for transfer |
U-858 crewmen and their Red Cross packages transfer from Pillsbury to ATR--57 |
CDR Noorfleet accepts formal surrender of U-858 from her Commanding Officer, Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode - LT Robert H. Braun interprets |
Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode |
Marines guard U-858 crewmen aboard ATR-57 |
Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode chats with LT Robert H. Braun |
U-858 is brought to anchor at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, just off Fort Miles where U-858's crew was landed |
U-858 at anchor, a Coast Guard HNS-1 Helicopter is overhead with a Sub Chaser in the background |
U-858 crewmen are put ashore at Fort Miles where custody of the POWs is transferred to the Army |
U-858's crew assembles in formation |