SINKING OF U-BOATS.
TOTAL OF 700 ESTIMATED. LONDON, June 11. Of the 700 German U-boats estimated to have been sunk during Ihe war 462 were sunk by British forces or Allied forces operating with the British, 100 were sunk by the R.A.F. Bomber Command and mines, and 151 were sunk by the United States or Allied forces operating with the United States forces operating with the United States forces. Of the 462 sunk by the British 205 ; were sunk by ships, 1701 by shorebased aircraft. 181 by carrier-borne aircraft, and 211 jointly by ship-borne and shore-based aircraft, tour jointly by ship-borne and carrier-borne aircraft, 25 by submarines, and eight by bombing raids on U-boats afloat m port. . , n The total of U-boats sunk by all British, United States, and Allied aircraft was 224.—British Official Wire-, leSs.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 205, 12 June 1945, Page 3
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