German submarine U‑625 was sunk on March 10, 1944 off the west coast of Ireland (52° 35' north, 20° 19' west) by Sunderland flying boat EK591 “2U” of 422 Squadron RCAF. Frank Cauley, father of model builder Glenn Cauley, was the navigator aboard the Sunderland that sunk U‑625.
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Having been brought up with my father’s stories about the sinking of U‑625, I figure it was fate that brought me into a hobby shop one day in December 2005, and to find Revell’s excellent 1:72 VIIC kit sitting on the shelf. The kit measures 93cm in length (!) and has incredible detail. A few quick phone calls to confirm that U‑625 was in fact a VIIC U-boat started the ball rolling, and the project started there. We had only some scarce photographs of U‑625 to work from – taken from the Sunderland on the day the sub was sunk – so a flurry of U‑boat research began by family members. |
Other links of interest:
- Flickr™ photo albums of U‑625 in progress and completed
- Read more information about U‑625 (document assembled by family members)
- Find out more about U‑625’s operational record and crew manifest
- My other website: Modelling U‑673“Flak-trap”
- Wink Grisé’s site about his U‑557 build
- E-mail me to comment on my site or ask questions