HUNTING SUBMARINES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 6

HUNTING SUBMARINES

NORTH SEA—ATLANTIC BRITISH PATROLS j ACCOUNTS OF PILOTS

(British OA'icKiJ Wireless.) Reed. 1 SO p.m. RUGBY, Get. 2;;. With further reference to _ the announcement teat the Royal Air I; orce recently sunk two U-boats, one in the North Sea and the other m the Atlantic, a report by a pilot concerning the Norm Son attach is. as (allows: — '•Reconnaissance aircraft .sighted and attacked a submarine in position. A salvo oi anti-submarine tombs was dropped ahead ot the periscope and urn submarine dived steeply. "The air-gunner said ho definitely | noticed a second u der-walor expioi sion after the explosion o! me Doinbs. “The aircraft then turned about and hew over the submarine a second time and dropped a second salvo. ! Patches of oil were ooserved ultei 1 the first salvo and more extensive patches after the second attack. Nothing more was seen of the U-boat. The pilot of the Atlantic patrol aircraft says: “An enemy submarine was sighted some distance away. It dived and several heavy bombs were dropped on it. The first is thought to have been a direct hit. “Dark objects appeared on the i water after the attack and air bubbles l rose to the surface. ! “A second bombing at lack was ! made as near the same position as | possible. Wc circled over the area foi I some time, but nothing further was j observed,'’