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Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: February 28, 2012 06:37PM

German submarines are know to have destroyed or captured at least six aircraft. Two were shot down while four disabled seaplanes were found at sea and sunk or towed in:

May 6, 1916, seaplane from RNAS Dover found at sea, crew rescued by U-boat (Shorts 184, serial 8038, crew: FSLt A T M Cowley/LT R Inge)

July 24, 1916, seaplane made emergency landing after taking hits, aircraft towed into Zeebrugge., crew rescued by UC 10. (Shorts 830, serial 819, Flt Lt. JF Bailey/ Flt Lt. FW Mardock)

November 28, 1916: seaplane from RNAS Felixstowe found at sea, sunk by machine gunfire, crew rescued by UC 11. (Shorts 827, serial 3324, FSLt G Llewellyn-Davies/ Lt A C Steven)

February 10, 1917: UC 6 shot down a French aircraft and rescued the crew (serial E.B.H.412)

May 25, 1917: Short 184 from RNAS Dunkirk forced down by aircraft of Betram Heinrich, sunk by machine gunfire from UB 12 crew rescued (serial 9060, FLt C Laurence/FSLt L J Bennett)

September 17, 1917: French seaplane found at sea by UC 4, sunk by machine gunfire, crew rescued by U-boat (serial D40)

In addition, U 33 or U 38 (I'd have to check my notes to be sure) claimed to have shot down at aircraft while in the Black Sea.

Best wishes,
Michael

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Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 02/27/2012 03:03PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Michael Lowrey 02/27/2012 04:10PM
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Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 02/27/2012 08:14PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Josephbremez 02/27/2012 08:37PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 02/28/2012 06:19PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Michael Lowrey 02/28/2012 06:37PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 02/28/2012 07:22PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Michael Lowrey 02/28/2012 07:31PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 02/28/2012 07:47PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Michael Lowrey 02/28/2012 07:52PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 02/28/2012 08:09PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Oliver Lörscher 03/01/2012 11:55PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 03/02/2012 08:37AM
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Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Oliver Lörscher 03/02/2012 09:25PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Denis_469 03/03/2012 12:59PM
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Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Jan-Olof 02/28/2012 11:43PM
Re: Plane shot down by U-38 in 1918 Michael Lowrey 02/29/2012 02:59AM


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