BELIEVED SUNK

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 99, 24 October 1939, Page 7

BELIEVED SUNK

TWO U-BOATS

ACTION BY THE R.A.F.

(Received October 24, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, October 23. ! The Air Ministry announced that the Royal Air Force believes it recently sank two U-boats, one in the North Sea and the other in the Atlantic. After the attacks the pilots circled over where the submarines disappeared, and saw nothing more of the U-boats. (British Official Wireless.) (Received October 24, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, October 23. The following is a pilot's report on the North Sea attack:—"Reconnaissance aircraft sighted and attacked a submarine in position. A salvo of antisubmarine bombs was dropped ahead of the periscope. The submarine dived steeply. The air gunner said that he definitely noticed a second under-water explosion after the explosion of the bombs. The aircraft then turned about and flew over the submarine a second time and dropped a second salvo. Patches of oil were observed after the first salvo, and more extensively after the second attack. Nothing more was seen of the U-boat."

The pilot of the Atlantic patrol aircraft says: "An enemy submarine was sighted some distance away. It dived, and several heavy bombs were dropped on it, and the first is thought to have been a direct hit. Dark objects appeared in the water after the attack, and air bubbles rose to the surface. A second bombing attack was made as near to the same position as possible. We circled over the area for some time and nothing further was observed."