Two important eastbound convoys were the prey of submarine wolf packs, ranging the Atlantic between the U.S. and Eng land. In midocean, beyond the zone of air protection from Britain, the convoys suffered (losses: unannounced). When the battle moved within range of the four-motored Liberators and Sunderlands of Britain's Coastal Command, the Nazi wolves paid: five were probably sunk, many others were damaged.
For Coastal Command airmen, whose patrols are usually long, monotonous and unsung grinds, the battle was both a relief and a triumph. In four days, Coastal Command planes attacked...
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