Catalina's Swoop On Axis Submarine
Rec. 10.15 p.m. San Salvador, Brazil, Aug. 20. Jack Lacey, pilot of a Catalina, described how he sank a German submarine off the coast of Bahia after five Brazilian ships had been sunk. Captain Lacey was patrolling the coast when he sighted a German submarine with seven of the crew on deck. He dived and raa-chine-gunned the submarine, which returned the fire from the deck gun. Two of the crew of the submarine were hit and fell overboard. The conning tower hatch was closed so quickly. that the other five remained on deck as the submarine submerged. The plane then dropped four bombs and scored at least one direet hit, which capsized the submarine, after which oil and wreckage floated to the surface.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1942, Page 3
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