‘Caught on the Surface’. The sinking of U-461 by RAAF Sunderland “U” of 461 Squadron RAAF, in the Bay of Biscay in July 1943. [As depicted by aviation artist Robert Taylor.] Wooding, Neil; Halifax GR MkII Ser 1A JP296 of 58 Sqdn Coastal Command; Yorkshire Air Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/halifax-gr-mkii-ser-1a-jp296-of-58-sqdn-coastal-command-116235 Halifax GR MkII Ser 1A JP296 of […]
“Black May” – Biscay Bay in May 1943 Part I — Weapons and Warfare
EASTER SUNDAY, April 4, 2021@02:35- THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, THE BAY OF BISCAY, BLACK MAY, 1943: WITH BOTH ALLIED WARSHIPS HAVING SUCCESSES, ANTI-KRIEGSMARINE GERMAN U-BOATS, AND U-BOATS, ALSO HAVING SUCCESSES, ANTI-COASTAL COMMAND AIRCRAFT/BOMBERS…FLYING ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL…WITH U-BOAT ANTI-AIRCRAFT ATTACK!!! MANY U-BOATS WERE CAUGHT ON THE SURFACE, RE-CHARGING BATTERIES, AIRING OUT U-BOAT, BEING SURFACED FOR SOME REASON, OR ANOTHER, SIGHTING CONVOY, ETC., IN WHICH THE FIGHT WAS ON; ALLIED AIRCRAFT OF COASTAL COMMAND, VS., GERMAN U-BOATS, IN WHICH BOTH HAD SUCCESSES, WARSHIPS OF ALLIED NAVIES SINKING and DAMAGING U-BOATS, and ALSO, U-BOATS SINKING, AND/OR DAMAGING COASTAL COMMAND…ANTI-SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT, IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC, and ON THE HIGH SEAS!!!
Note: WHEN, THE WALTHER U-BOAT, AT THE END OF THE WAR/LATE 1945, CAME INTO COMMISSION, THESE WALTHER U-BOATS, WHOM WOULD HAVE AND COULD HAVE BEEN SUBMERGED 24/7, WHILE AT SEA, WOULD HAVE, WITH THIS CLASS OF U-BOAT ANYWAYS, ALTERED COASTAL COMMAND AIRCRAFT FROM AIR-ATTACK ON ONLY…THE WALTHER U-BOAT!!!
THE BAY OF BISCAY, WAS A BUSY AREA, FOR BOTH GERMAN SUBMARINES, ALLIED WARSHIPS…ALLIED SUPPORT GROUPS, FROM 1942, UP UNTIL 1944, THOUGH, WARSHIPS, CONVOYS, U-BOATS, COASTAL COMMAND AIRCRAFT; WERE STILL PASSING THROUGH, AND IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, PRIOR TO 1942, AND ALSO, AFTER 1944!!!
CREDIT: BLOG…MSW, WEAPONS AND WARFARE, ABOVE WRITING; Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Present Day Naval-Military Analyst, High Treason Q.E.II Analyst, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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