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Dubious claims
editI’ve removed this:
"which made him the most successful submarine hunter of World War"
mainly because it's rubbish.
Even if Pollman's score of 14 allied submarines was confirmed (in fact it is not) it would be less than FJ Walker's 19 U-boats confirmed as destroyed. In fact it seems Pollman/Uj2210’s score was just one, which was surpassed by at least 3 other Axis vessels (Italian corvette Euterpe in the Med, and German submarine chasers Uj103 and Uj106 in the Black Sea).Xyl 54 (talk) 12:07, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
- PS:I've also queried the claim that he sank 14 Allied submarines in his career.
- The source here claims Pollman sank 14 Allied submarines; it’s pretty short on detail, which is not surprising, as only one can be substantiated.
- It claims his first success was on 28 Sept 1942, but the list here doesn’t have any submarine sunk in the Med that day, and only one that month, which wasn’t due to Pollmann.
- It says he sank 5 submarines between September 42 and May 43 when he was awarded the Knights Cross; while Uboatnet shows that of the 13 Allied submarines sunk there in this period, only Tigris can be ascribed to Uj 2210.
- It describes an action in May 1943 with a submarine off Bastia; but uboatnet shows the only boat sunk in that area that year was Saracen, in August, and not by Uj2210.
- It states that by the end of 1943 when he got the Gold Cross he was credited with 9, ie 4 more: None of the 8 submarines lost in the Med were attributable to him.
- And from January to March when he was credited with 13, ie another 4, there were no Allied submarines lost in the Med at all: Nor in April and May when it claims he sank his 14th.
- In short,the source has got his medals correct, but very little else, which makes the whole account look fanciful. Xyl 54 (talk) 00:43, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
- PPS:Also, I've deleted this source from the article, as I cannot see it is reliable.
- Apart from the fairy story about Pollmann, its back catalogue is a fairly depressing collection of racism [1], war crimes allegations/denial [2], anti-semitism [3] and Holocaust denial[4]; which puts it well into the area of WP:FRINGE.
- So I've taken it out. Xyl 54 (talk) 14:29, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
- PPS:Also, I've deleted this source from the article, as I cannot see it is reliable.
World War 1 Reference?
editIf he was born is 1915 can someone please tell me why he has a Battle/Wars section citing World War 1? (German battle babies?) 165.154.50.79 (talk) 18:15, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- No idea; but it isn't applicable. I've taken it out. Xyl 54 (talk) 23:22, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Notability
editDoes not meet WP:SOLDIER & sig RS coverage not found, either in WW2 link or in NATO link. Kurowski is non RS.
No de.Wiki article. Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect. In summary, per the outcome of the discussion at Notability:People on notability of Knight's Cross recipients: permalink, certain recipients were deemed non notable and WP:SOLDIER has been modified accordingly: diff. The articles of these recipients are being redirected to alphabetical lists. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:32, 21 January 2017 (UTC)