U-Boat Under Attack, 1943


June 12th, 1943, in the mid-Atlantic west of the Canary Islands: German U-boat U-118 is under attack from eight Avenger aircraft flying from the USS Bogue; the depth charges released by Lt. JG Fryatt hit the surface and explode seconds later. There were 43 dead and 16 survivors.


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