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Hi sniffa, Welcome aboard the KBismarck forum. Sorry for the delay in responding to your message, but a combination of circumstances put me behind the power curve in keeping up with responses on both forums, including the Bismarck-class.dk forum. When I performed my autopsy on NH69726, I tried to be...

Hi all, I apologize for my inept efforts to provide the photographs associated with my write-up on "Autopsy of Photograph NH69726." I didn't want to post the photographs directly since past efforts by others to do so have resulted in the page size being widened and the font size being redu...

Hi all, I tried to post the photographs in question, but it did not take with the procedure that I tried to use. If you would like to have these, I will send them to you by e-mail if you would send me your e-mail address at robjwink@aol.com. They include NH69726 and the port bow view and the port st...

AUTOPSY OF PHOTOGRAPH NH69726 by Robert J. Winklareth, M.E. 1. Background U.S. Naval Historical Center photograph NH69726 (Bundesarchiv 85/24/12) is one of six photographs taken of the German battleship Bismarck by Prinz Eugen cameraman Lagemann during the battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 194...

Hi all, In a posting of 5 May 2005 on the Bismarck-class Forum, Bill Jurens made the very unusual proposal that the moderators of this and related forums "discourage and perhaps even consider locking and/or deleting further discussions on this topic (Battle of the Denmark Strait) and to take pr...

Hi all, I thought that I had made it abundantly clear some time ago that I would no longer participate in Antonio's innate games involving endless discussions on a multitude of minor issues concerning the Battle of the Denmark Strait. We have already been down that path, which only resulted in a tot...

Hi all, I strongly protest the characterization of my concept of the battle as the "Reversed Photo Theory." My concept of the battle is that the Bismarck maintained a steady straight-line course of 215 degrees and was always on the port side of the Prinz Eugen throughout the battle. Antoni...

Hi all, Apparently there are no first-hand accounts by eyewitnesses on the scene that can support Antonio's reconstruction of the battle, else Antonio would have surely posted them by now. That should come as no surprise since the six first-hand accounts that I am aware of, including those of the Ba...

Hi all, I have given my approval for the posting of a diagram representing my concept of the battle that shows a straight-line course of 215 degrees for the entire 17 minute period of the battle from 0552, just before the Hood opened fire, to 0609 when the Bismarck ceased fire. The track of the Bism...

Hi all, In reviewing Antonio's latest revised reconstruction of the battle diagram and photo sequence theory, I noted a number of discrepancies which need to be addressed by Antonio. I offer these disclosures in a spirit of constructive criticism intended to improve Antonio's reconstruction and furt...

Hi all, On 9 February, I posted a summation of factual evidence that supported my concept of the Battle of the Denmark Strait. I invited Antonio and others to present their contrary views so that all members could evaluate both sides of the issue and make up their own minds as to which version best ...

Hi all, I want to thank Antonio for providing us the link to the H.M.S. Hood website containing the excerpt from AIR14/415, Report on the Sinking of the Bismarck, on the observations of Flight Lieutenant R.J. Vaughn of Sunderland flying boat "Z" of RAF Squadron 201 during the Battle of the...

Hi Javi, Thanks for your enlightened analysis of the phoographs. I have a glossy print of NH69726, the last picture that you showed, and it is hard to distinguish the blast effect from the brightness of the flash, which often tends to overexpose a larger area of the film than would normally be repre...

Hi all,

Instead of beating around the bush, why don't you guys ever stick to the subject. Where is the blast effect shown on any of the photographs or battle film if the Bismarck was firing to port? Just one photograph please.

Bob

Hi all, The silence is deafening. Does this mean that you all agree with me that the lack of blast effect of the Bismarck firing her guns on the surface of the water on the port side of the ship is clear cut proof that she must have been firing to starboard. That being the case, the photogrphs must ...