In 1941 the German Navy commissioned its latest submarine, the U-134 and as it slid out of harbour to join the 5th U boat flotilla, Captain-Lieutenant Rudolf Schendel keenly anticipated the mission ahead. You may be wondering why this Type 7C U Boat should feature in a Plane Tale but bear with me as I introduce the K-74. Built a year after the U-134, the K 74 came from a company with an interesting origin, the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation. This is their intriguing story.
 
The Type VIIc U-Boat
 
One of the few U Boats to survive the war.
 
Zeppelins over London
 
A British recruitment poster
 
The Goodyear Zeppelin Airdock
 
The Airdock interior
 
The Goodyear K Class blimp
 
K-Class blimp arrives in Gibraltar
 
The U-134’s last patrol
 
The U-134 survives an attack
 
A K-Class on patrol
 
Attack report of the engagement between K-74 and U134
 
A K-Class is loaded with Depth Charges
The K-Class crew man their gun
 

 
HMS Rother finally sinks U-134 with all hands
 

 
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to NSA, UK National Archives, Darkone,  US Library of Congress, the Goodyear Zeppelin company, USN, Grossnick Roy A, Royal Navy and the US Naval Institute.

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