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Attack on U 457
Posted by: t-geronimo ()
Date: July 12, 2016 09:38PM

On the uboat.net-website it is said that there are no attacks recorded on U 457 during her first patrol.
[www.uboat.net]

Well, here is one:
On 04.07.1942 according to the war diary she was attacked by plane:

"The war diary records:
"20:19: Alarm, Depth a+0."
"20:22: Bomb. Big explosion, light damage" (afterwards damages are listed). "probably shipborne aircraft".



Later precised as a biplane, most probably ship-based from a cruiser:




I wrote this via email in march but I never got an answer.

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Best regards
Thorsten Reich

www.Forum-Marinearchiv.de
www.Historisches-Marinearchiv.de

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