U-BOATS CHECKED
INVASION FLEET SAFE PLANES’ FINE RECORD (0 a.m.) RUGBY. Oct. 30. The victory of Coastal Command aircraft over the U-boats lying in wait to attack Allied invasion craft carrying troops and supplies to France is described in an article by Squadron Leader Hector Bolitho in the Daily Express. He says the victory over the U-boats was won in 48 hours. Not a single life or pound of equipment has been lost as a result of U-boat action since the invasion. Admiral Doenitz had a big U-boat fleet waiting when the invasion began. Twentytwo were sighted in the first 20 hours. Some were attacked and some sunk. Not one got through to the Channel. One British Colombian pilot and crew made history by sinking two U-boats in 22 minutes.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21549, 31 October 1944, Page 3
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