U-BOAT AND AEROPLANE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 10

U-BOAT AND AEROPLANE

The report that ■■;another submarine:7V has possibly ,beenv the, victim7rf77a 7 British patrollirig aeroplane -emph^isesil Xi ? the additional; perils which7\>;-'"ffire*atm-'7,:7; U-boats in the present war^7T^i^e7wfia: 7 no case of a "submarine Sbeirigsunk-fby xy an-aeroplane, in the 7Wprld77.iWary 7 though airship 7 arid sea^l^e .patrols . spanned the inshore waters \ ,bf':' the -X British Idles by the erid of 71916.; The yX limited range of the aircraft: 6fTthpseyy days,', of..;course;. reduced^their ; 7e^i~c-7y tiveness: .. However, there 7were; somey'7 encounters: betweeri -airships arid sub^ 7 marines,1 and ori one occasion 7 a battle 7 .; took piace off the Lizard. This was :7r 7 on September 9, 1916, when the/air ship; 77 ClO, on patrol' duty X in:- co-operation, yy with the destroyer Foyle^ sighted two:: y burning .'.sailing.'.-' ships h^?7 v; 7 course .to investigated The ClO 77car<-yy ried one 651b bomb and 161b77: bombs. *As the pilot neafedtheTshipSy: he sighted a submarine on^theyfar side y of them. When theairship was;still-av7 few ": hundred yards" away .7 the U-boat v 7 submerged/ Th^xpilptv;; ;searched7th*e7 - area, but there wasia strongwind" and!, y: the-'sri'rface of the' seM was very ybrokeri^ so-all> trace rif the subrriarine was/los w 7 Thei^ClO^ called the; Fpyley-wWcri 7 rushed to'the spot and took up the Searehi7 i;Soon after the v destroyer the 7 U-boat j cariie y to-7-the ; ,7; surface^:and at once they ; i opened fire.■*:' The. subiharirie7:^dived 7jat y • once, and the 3Toyle;,after ■:&&;. abortive y attempt to find her," feturnisd'aridpicked. y, up the: crews of the burning,vesselsyy The ships were French andvhad7beeivyi forbed by^ the «re%to7trans»;77 fer food 7 arid 'supplies and to carry, in-y • cendiary .bombs •' aboard their /shipsfat 7 ; the point of the7pist6l.;:The, work7wasy proceedirig when; the airship • arrived. •There was one case of a seaplane aid- 77 irii in sinking a submarine* (UB19) iii'a y queer w^'y. The,, submarine 7"v^as; spotted off 7 7 the 7; ,Casquets,;v 7 and 77 after' being attacked-without success;; 7: was reported to a tank steamer,: which? : wag mifact-Q^hip: 7. .The: seaplane; came down: to talk to, the captain, of 7 the Q-ship, stalled, and crashed into the sea. While the tanker was rescuing , the crew ÜBI9 popped up and; began, to. shell the" ship. QT promptly same tab: submarine at close range.',:: ; ;. -;