Captain
Erich Topp steers his Type VIIc U-Boat number U-552 Red Devil towards
the sanctuary of the base at St Nazaire after another patrol during the
gruelling Battle of the Atlantic in 1942. In the skies above, heading
back out to hostile waters is a giant Focke Wulf 200 Condor from
III/KG40 and three Ju88Ds from KGr 106 whose missions will be to search
for vulnerable Allied shipping for the submarine Wolfpacks to attack.
The third-highest scoring U-Boat ace, Captain Erich Topp sank a total of
thirty ships and damaged three more whilst commanding the Red Devil.