U-BOAT DESTROYED
BY COASTAL COMMAND AIRCRAFT DIRECT HIT WITH BOMB. ONE' YARD FROM CONNING TOWER. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON. December 8. It is officially announced that a Royal Air Force coastal patrol sank a German submarine. The air ministry stated this morning that "Coastal Command aircraft on patrol sighted a German submarine on the surface. Our aircraft immediately attacked the submarine and dropped bombs. The first bomb struck the submarine amidships, one yard to starboard of the conning tower. The submarine began to sink and a second bomb fell directly above her as she foundered. For some time afterwards oil and bubbles were seen rising to the surface."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1939, Page 5
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