LAND SEA AIRCRAFT UMBRELLA BEATS DETERMINED U-BOAT ATTACK ON ATLANTIC CONVOY. 18 FEBRUARY 1943, GREENOCK, THE SAFE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER VALUABLE CONVOY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC DESPITE POWERFUL FORCES OF U-BOATS HAS BEEN ASSURED BY CARRIER-BORNE AIRCRAFT OF THE FLEET AIR ARM WORKING IN PHT-OPERATION WITH LAND BASED AIRCRAFT. IN TWO DAYS OF ATTACKS ONE U-BOAT WAS DESTROYED ANOTHER WAS PROBABLY DESTROYED AND OTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. - Broadside view of the escort carrier HMS ARCHER, whose aircraft made the U-boat "kill"

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