SANK SUBMARINE WITH BOMBS
Auckland Pilot In R.A.F.
ENCOUNTER OFF COAST OF SCOTLAND Dominion Special Service. AUCKLAND, January 21. A German submarine has been sunk off the coast of Scotland by an 'Auek land man, now serving with the Royal Air Force, whose first introduction, to aviation was as an entrant in a flying scholarship contest conducted by the Auckland Aero Club under the auspices of the “New Zealand Herald” in 1937. He is Pilot Officer lan Patterson, only son of Mr. John Patterson, One Tree Hill. Just 21 years of age, Pilot Officer Patterson was on coastal patrol duty when he .sighted a U-boat on the surface. He promptly attacked, and the first bomb from his machine scored a direct hit to one side of the conning tower. Severely damaged, the U-boat partly submerged, but came to the surface again out of control and finally dived at a steep angle. A second bomb struck the water immediately above the sinking craft and a growing pool of oil showed on the surface. , No further trace of the submarine was seen. After a brief association with farming, Pilot Officer Patterson joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1938. After instruction he was sent to England in February of last year. He was finally posted to a squadron stationed in the north of Scotland.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 100, 22 January 1940, Page 12
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223SANK SUBMARINE WITH BOMBS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 100, 22 January 1940, Page 12
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