SINKING OF U-BOAT
ALL CREW SAVED Ottawa, Nov. 10. How a U-boat waiting to pouneb on a convoy in American waters was damaged by a bomb dropped by an American flying-boat at night time and then sunk by a Canadian corvette was related by the Navy Minister, Mr Macdonald. After bombing the submarine the flying-b6at dropped a flare, guiding the corvette Oakville to the spot. A depth charge forced the submarine to the surface. It was then fired on and rammed by the corvette. Lieutenant Tully leapt on to the submarine’s deck, hoping to salvage it, but found the vessel doomed. He ordered the crew to swim to the boats and all were saved. Tully said the crew were scared to death and “screamed their heads off.” They did not even try to fight, but the commander, who had three bullet wounds in the legs, was a died-in-the-wool Nazi and never uttered a whimper. He said that Germany had to expand; it was her destiny.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 11 November 1942, Page 5
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