Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!att!cbnewsc!cbfsb!cbnews!cbnews!military From: mark@motown.altair.fr Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: U-700 information wanted Message-ID: <1990Nov17.020851.685@cbnews.att.com> Date: 17 Nov 90 02:08:51 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: mark@motown.altair.fr >From: r_anderson@clyppr.enet.dec.com (Rick Anderson) >The story I read is so bizarre as to be unbelievable. The British >Navy Officer in charge of the investigation of the submarine was >none other than Ian Fleming (of "James Bond" fame). It gets even >stranger when the U-700 First Officer escapes from his British POW >camp, sneaks on board the U-700 (in the middle of Britain's main >submarine base in the midst of WWII!) and manages to take control Right. I think ol' Ian made the whole thing up. Or is it just a coincidence that "U-700" is "007 you" spelled backwards? -- Mark James or