U-234 was transporting twelve passengers, including a mix of German and Japanese military and civilian personnel. Among the Germans were General Ulrich Kessler of the Luftwaffe, assigned to assume Luftwaffe liaison duties in Tokyo; Naval Fleet Judge Advocate Kay Nieschling, tasked with rooting out remnants of the Richard Sorge spy ring within the German diplomatic corps in Japan; Heinz Schlicke, an expert in radar, infrared, and countermeasures and director of the Naval Test Fields in Kiel, later recruited by the US under Operation Paperclip; and August Bringewalde, responsible for Me 262 jet production at Messerschmitt.
The Japanese passengers were Lieutenant Commander Hideo Tomonaga of the Imperial Japanese Navy, a naval architect and submarine designer who had arrived in Germany in 1943 aboard the Japanese submarine I-29, and Lieutenant Commander Shoji Genzo, an aircraft specialist and former naval attaché.
Ulrich Otto Eduard Kessler (1894-1983) was a General der Flieger in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Born in Danzig, he initially served with the Imperial German Navy in World War I, training as a naval aviator and commanding seaplane squadrons. Post-war, Kessler joined the Reichsmarine and held various naval and diplomatic positions. In 1933, he transitioned to the Luftwaffe, eventually commanding Kampfgeschwader 1 during the invasion of Poland and later serving as Chief of Staff for Luftflotte 1 and X Fliegerkorps. In 1944, amid concerns of possible retribution tied to the Stauffenberg plot against Hitler, Kessler was appointed Luftwaffe attaché to Japan. Captured in May 1945 aboard U-234 en route to Japan, he held significant honors, including the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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