AIR AVENGERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1918, Page 7

AIR AVENGERS.

REAPLAHE WAR ON THE U-BOATS. HOW TEN SUBMARINES "VTERE DESTROYED. " i (American Associated Press). London, April. 6. Details concerning the destruction recently of ten German submarines oy naval aircraft, eight by seaplanes, and j.lie others by dirigibles, have been obtained by the Associated Press from Admiralty reports. The &fst;,case is described as follows: "While on patrol in the English Channel, a seaplane sighted a submarine eight miles away, directly in the path of an on-coming convoy of merchant ships. The seaplane dived at ninety miles an hour- The submarine attempted to escape by submerging, but was just nwash as the seaplane reaching a bombing position and released two bombs, one of which exploded On the conning I ower. The seaplane dropped two more bombs into the midst of the air hubbies from the collapsed submarine, which was of the largest type, carrying Iwo guns." The second case: "At dttwn a seaplane (lighted a large submarine on the surface with a member of the crew standing by the g-un- The seaplane dropped a bomb on the tail of the U-'boat, and nfterward photographed the sinking submarine, with a big hole in it's deck. A second bomb was dropped close to the liubmarine's bow, and the U-lboat. col'apsed." The third case: ''The seaplanes' attacked a large submarine travelling on the imrface at fourteen knots, with two men in ti.o conning tower A bomb was exploded closo to the conning tower, and the submarine began to sink stern firftt. A bomb from a second seaplane completed the work." The fourth case: "Three patrol 'planes liighted a large submarine as it was submerging, and dropped two bombs close to the conning tower, causing the submarine to turn turtle and disappear in a mass of oil wreckage." The fifth case: ''A seaplane sighted two submarines close to the surface and dropped two bombs. One bomb was ineffective, but the other hit the deck bidden by the smoke of the explosion, when the smoke cleared the U-boat was sinking, with both ends in the air." The sixth case- "A seaplane saw the Oracle of a torpedo fired at 11 merchantman. It dived towards the surface and •ightod the black shadow of the submarine, well below the surface. It dropped two bombs, which both exploded close to the submarine, resulting in a large quantity of on ard bubbles." The seventh case: "Twlo seaplanes sighted a U-boat on the surface, and sigh,ted a bomb each. The first bomb caused a heavy list t(j the U-boat, which began to sink by the stern. The second bomlb exploded in tilie centre of the swirl, demolishing the U-boat." The eighth case: "A seaplane dropped a bomb on a submarine just emerging, and the U-boat disappeared with a heavy list to port. The pilot dropped a second bomb into the swirl, and a few minutes later a patch of oil 150 feet long and 12 feet wide appeared on the surface-" The ninth case: "A naval airship at mid-day sighted a suspicious patch of oil, and circled it in an effort to ascertain the cause. Suddenly a periscope broke the surface in the midst of the oil. The airship dropped a bomb close .to the periscope, and a series of bubbles began appearing, indicating that the damaged submarine was moving slowly away under water. Several more 'bombs were dropped in the path indicated, until satisfactory evidence was obtained of the enemy's destruction." j The tenth case: "An airship dropped two bombs over a submarine which was engaged in n talking merchantmen. Great patt " and • indicated severe cmmtige, and trawier.i ' Kgdo this complete by depth charges." 1

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