ORP "Burza" sinks U-Boot 1940

09.09.1940

Large convoy of merchant ships under the escort of a Polish destroyer ORP "Burza" fends off a night attack by air.
A U-Boot is sighted by the escort aircraft which marks the spot with flares.
A Polish destroyer then makes several attacks over the area dropping depth charges to bring up the German submarine.
Trail of oil indicates destruction of the submarine.

(This is not a put up show but an actual attack) - comment of the British Newsreel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Burza
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[soundsarama]

Dear VVojtek soldier Bear, This is the first video I've seen of my father's ship, Burza. My father was Kazimierz Ziatek. How did you get the photo???Please contact me.

I am sorry that people died during this film. I have been in shock since I saw it.

[VVojtekSoldierBear]

@soundsarama Respect to your father, i have few more short clips with ORP "Burza" and i suspose there will be some more to come, the video is a British wartime newsreel, or rather two newsreels put together to show more pictures of the ship and crew.

Unfortunatelly people die in wars...

P.S. i know it`s "boat" in English, but in German it`s "boot" and i presume it`s more common name even outside of Germany.

[soundsarama]

@VVojtekSoldierBear Thankyou very much for your kind message. I have been in shock because I've seen my father's boat in action today.Where are you? Germany? I would love to see more videos of ORP "Burza".. I have two pictures of the Burza Crew. Are you interested in seeing them?I think you're probably more interested in action/war vids!

With regard to Boot or boat - it depends where you live though English seems to be more common now. I'm Scottish based in Glasgow. Best wishes

[VVojtekSoldierBear]

@soundsarama Well, i`m Polish from Warsaw :)

I`m not sure how important this difference is, both ways it`s a correct.

I`m interested in both, still and moving images and i researched many pages also with stills of "Burza", unfortunatelly the quality is usually lacking. You can browse my uploaded videos, there should be also a visit of President Władysław Raczkiewicz on boards of "Burza" and "Błyskawica"... it`s sad "Burza" was scrapped, but "Błyskawica" is still in Gdynia as a museum :)

[soundsarama]

@soundsarama On reflection, uboot is apt - that's what it was called by the Polish sailors. The film looks a bit like a propaganda film but it must be true. Thanks a lot.

[VVojtekSoldierBear]

@soundsarama ALL of these newsreels can be easyly labeled as 'propaganda', that was a war after all... I`m unable to confirm if this event really took place, i`m even not sure if all of these pictures are from Burza, all i have is assurance from archive description... "this is not a put up show but an actual attack" :)

P.s. sure i`m interested and i`ll be grateful for every helpful informations.

[podlipowski7]

Piękne ujęcia

 Dziękuje:)

[ProthSteriel]

ORP Piorun play one of main role in destroying Bismarck,

[xsoniczek]

A! zapomniałem!!! Przecierz "Błyskawica" też miała podwójne 102!

[xsoniczek]

W 52 -ej sekundzie widać podwójnie rozstawione armaty( 102mm-jak mniemam), więc ten fragment filmu to raczej coś typu "Hunt". Poza tym "pom-pomy" otrzymała dopiero w 1942r. Tak więc nie jest jeden film z akcji, lecz racaej zlepek różnych ujęć( ale i tak zajebisty).

[soundsarama]

@VVojtekSoldierBear I'd like to email u stills of the crew. Interested?

[soundsarama]

@VVojtekSoldierBear Hi / czesc again I will have a look. Thanks.