On Thurs. 17 Sep 1942 The same Ascension Island-based US B-24 Liberator.....
The same Ascension Island-based US B-24 Liberator bomber that had attacked German submarines rescued survivors of sunken British troopship Laconia on the previous day attacked the submarines again, forcing U-506 to dive while 142 survivors were still on the deck; later in the day, French cruiser Gloire, sloop Annamite, and sloop Dumont d'Urville arrived to take on 415 Italian and 668 Allied survivors from the German submarines.
Listing Details
Date
Status coordinate
No status yet
User
Comments