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| Keywords: U-426 sinkt.jpg en Oblique aerial photograph taken from Short Sunderland Mark III EK586 'U' of No 10 Squadron RAAF during an attack on German type VIIC submarine U 426 in the Bay of Biscay During a midwinter 'Percussion' patrol in the Bay of Biscay Sunderland 'U' of 10 Squadron RAAF spotted the German submarine U 426 outward bound at a distance of 12 miles in excellent visibility Confidently remaining on the surface U-426 opened fire at five miles with its daunting armament of an automatic 30mm gun and 4x20mm cannon Flying Officer J P Roberts piloting the Sunderland closed to 1 200 yards and hosed the U-boat's gun platforms with his four fixed bow-mounted machine guns a new armament devised by the Australians for the Sunderland This caused chaos on the U-426 bridge The boat was unable to further defend itself and Roberts pressed home a depth-charge attack U 426 was holed at the rear The crew abandoned the rapidly sinking boat but none of them were to survive the exposure to the winter conditions C 4082 205023258 1 SUK11747 No 10 Squadron RAAF 1944-08-01 PD-Australia Type VII submarines Black and white photographs Collections of the Imperial War Museum Battle of the Atlantic | ||||
