ATLANTIC CONVOY GETS THROUGH.
B.O.W.
RUGBY, Oct. 17.
I Though shadowecl for four days by a U-boat pack, a, large Atlantic" convoy arrived safely in Britain under the protection of the Royal Navy, the R.A.F. Coa&tal C'ommand and j United States Navv aircraft, which i co-operated again st the submarines ! so successfully that not one tori pedo attack was delivered. ) The safe passage of the ships is ; regardcd -by the Air Ministry as an excellent lllustration of the effectiveness Of air cover combined with surface escort for ocean convoys and also as an indication of the inerease in aircraft range and numbers over the Atlantic.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 247, 20 October 1942, Page 6
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105ATLANTIC CONVOY GETS THROUGH. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 247, 20 October 1942, Page 6
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