Lone R.A.F. Craft Attacks Submarine in Schillig Roads; Total of 114 Nazi Planes Downed So Far London, Mar, 5.
A German submarine was attacked in the Schillig roads, at the mouth of the Elbe, yesterday afternoon by an aircraft of the Royal Air Force and is believed to have been destroyed, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Air.
The aircraft was on reconnaissauce duty when the submarine was sighted in shallow water on the surface. Four bombs were dropped, one of which registered a direct hit between the conning tower and the stern. After the attack the submarine was seen to be enveloped in a cloud of grayish-black smoke, with only the upper part of its conning tower visible above water,—Reuter.
London, Mar. 5.
The British "profit and loss" recapitulation for the first six months of hostilities, released yesterday, revealed that 45 British planes were lost to 114 lost by the Germans, Forty-three Royal Air Force planes were lost in the course of attacks on German naval bases, harbours, docks and mine laying bases and two were shot down on the German side of the Siegfried Line.
The German losses included 51 fighters, it was claimed. Forty-two German planes were said to have been destroyed on the West Front and near the Heligoland Bight and 50 were destroyed in raids on the British east coast—United Press. tiolland Roused by
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