A joint communiqué of the British Admiralty and Air Ministry last week: A force of U-boats estimated to number between 25 and 30 . . . was subjected to such a relentless assault by surface escorts of the Royal Navy and by aircraft of the Coastal Command that the enemy was denied the opportunity to launch even one attack against a large and valuable eastbound convoy.
Almost on the first clear day out of port, a Liberator had found three U-boats stalking the convoy preparing for attack. The big plane dropped its depth...
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