Yes, along with the other stories of those days. I did want to say this forum has been incredibly helpful, and I appreciate that. Jack
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An excerpt - I was once again scheduled for the dawn patrol. It was deceptively cool and in the pre-dawn hours in the desert with no wind but you could tell the day was going to be a scorcher. My wind man and I took off just as the dawn was breaking. We were scheduled to patrol over a convoy of 63 ships about 40 miles off the coast on a compass heading provided by the Navy. Shortly after
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I was flying a P39, my unit was the 345th fighter squadron, 12th Air Force. That morning I was on convoy patrol, mostly watching the diesel smoke plumes off of the convoy. As I flew, I noticed a silver glint at the edge of the convoy. Coming in closer I could make out the shape of a submarine deck in the water, and the conning tower. I then came back for a gun pass. Jack
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Thank you Hans, I wanted to ask if you could provide the dates for the sinkings off the coast of Algiers, and Bone. This will provide me with info to further pursue which boat this may have been. Best regards, Jack
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On or about June 4th, 1943 I was a USAAF aviattor flying convoy patrols out of Bone, Algeria. On my morning patrol I spotted a German uboat, and as it surfaced I attacked it with machine guns and 37mm cannon. It began to sink, and a destroyer from the convoy came to the scene and launched depth charges, destroying the uboat. I remmeber the swastika on the conning tower distinctly. I am now writi
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