ATTACKS FROM THE AIR
FIVE IN FIVE DAYS
EFFECTIVE BOMBINGS
(British Official Wireless.? (Received July 6, 11.10 a.m.) RUGBY, July 5. Several U-boats were attacked by Coastal Command aircraft within five days last month. An Air Ministry bulletin states that the first of these U-boats was sighted in the North Sea early one morning and after bombs had struck on the starboard beam while the submarine was still submerging two large dark brown patches of oil appeared in the water. The aircraft circled overhead for three hours but nothing more was seen of the U-boat. On another occasion an Australian crew patrolling in a Sunderland flyingboat saw a U-boat a mile away. The captain of the Sunderland flying-boat said- "It was cruising on the surface and'saw us about the same time that we spotted it. The U-boat dived but we were over it while it was still at periscope depth. We could see it silhouetted benearth the surface We dropped six bombs close to the port w>w A mass of oil and bubbles apdiecUy ahealof the conning tower A four?h enemy submarine was> atpSoVsaw the manoeuvre in time and his salvo of bombs fell across the Üboat's bows, a few ..yards ahead.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1940, Page 12
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202ATTACKS FROM THE AIR Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1940, Page 12
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