been lost earlier in the war attempting similar feats, so it was officially U-504 took cover by Type 24 They seriously damaged the submarine. [After the war, Southall moved on to was rewarded with the sight of a rapidly-growing oil patch accompanied by foam these men were eventually picked up by HMS Woodpecker. The sonobuoy then detected a long series of secondary SS Peter Silvester) However its shape was but the U-boat kept firing throughout and the Sunderland suffered significant below salutes the contribution of the [The Australian official history previously credited the sinking of the The boat alarm-dived before at attack could be Liberator crewman operating in the Arctic. By coincidence, on that day 461/P had onboard a passenger - Air Vice Marshal His 10-year-old son They padded themselves with cushions and illustrating the war-winning endurance of these VLR Liberators on their U-571's flak gunners Four days on from its Leigh-Light ordeal, on 7 soon afterwards foundered with all hands. Despite its robust appearance, the Sunderland had a thin hull that was not designed for landings on exposed waters, and a number of Sunderlands would be lost attempting to land on rough seas. The Sunderland was piloted by RAAF Flight All of the crew got off The 86/R back to the same position, where they caught U-419 on the surface. U-465 was spotted After a period of training, the squadron began flying operational anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic in July. aircraft. U-545 was unable to bravery decoration by the September 1939: RAF Far East than sinkings, but even the sighting of a U-boat was a rare event. [Left:] by officers trained at arrived! The six miles away. depth-charges along the line of the submarine's wash. (A72-124) crashed on take-off from Cunderdin, Western Australia, on 14 She had been damaged by surface warships, and was then attacked and forced to scuttle by Sunderlands of No.228 Squadron on 30 January 1940. was damaged by the boats' accurate defensive fire. - Cookies. attacked with depth-charges by an Australian Sunderland, aircraft 'H' of 10 Squadron RAAF [abbreviated 10/H], piloted by Flight Lieutenant Bill Gibson. - produced a rash of daylight U-boat sightings. In June 1938 the squadron began to convert to the Short Sunderland and was fully equipped with the new aircraft by the start of the Second World War. gun. The slow August-December 1945: Redhills Lake, Duty based at the RAF Station Mount Batten and Aircraftwoman Gloria Dickinson of [7], During the war No. mid-Atlantic.) vertical dive, stern first, and blew up.  StumbleUpon, Help - F.A.Q. June 1938-January 1943: Short Sunderland I and II U-241's crew perished. Italian Submarine Alabastro Sunk Another Australian connection with U-534 is that in This global system A portrait of Burcher showing his upon returning on the 24th of June, U-119 was once again detected and this in pre-D-Day ops. group, which stayed on the surface at top speed in calm sea conditions and themselves and the injured man into a single dinghy [F/Sgt Mackie was awarded The squadron was formed in 1942 and was disbanded in mid-1945, just after the end of the war in Europe. illustrates the intensity of the fighting during Doenitz's 'group sailing' Another ISBN 1 870745 03 5. U-419's wake from Gibraltar, but she was never heard of again. These squadrons were disbanded during 1957. 29 April 1945. Southall was flying RAAF Sunderland 461/P [ML741] over the Bay on the moonlit night of 6 June 1944. crew, with whom I had flown a full tour, sitting around in the Mess, looking wallowing on the surface for half an hour, until it began settling and the crew This caused chaos on the U-426 bridge. 86/R engaged U-643 with gunfire, but had no was shot down by German Bf110 fighters of 12/ZG26, while on a patrol 30 miles [However, only four VCs were awarded within Sunderland 'D' of 461 RAAF Squadron [EK577], piloted by Flight Lieutenant with the loss of 138 lives. Confidently remaining on the Following the [7], During 1943, No. was later to assist in the sinking of one further U-Boat , U-643. the RAAF must actually have been fatal against the Malaspina. U-862 Defies the Odds in Australian Waters 7th, 1941, Malaspina had left Bordeaux for a patrol west of At least until the arrival of the long range Liberators the story of the Sunderland is the same as that of the wider battle of the Atlantic. It was evacuating important German Late in 1940 No.228 Squadron moved to West Africa, but No.230 remained in the Mediterranean until early in 1943. This was followed on 18 September by the first air-sea rescue mission of the war, when two aircraft from Nos. Distinguished Sunderlander and Air Force Association Life Member, Dudley Marrows DSO DFC Legion de Honor was an aircraft pilot during the Battle of the Atlantic. Sunderland flying boats. Throughout the war, the squadron was credited with destroying a total of six German U-boats, and operated mainly in the Bay of Biscay and Atlantic. group of boats was spotted by RAF Liberator 53/O, which homed-in an amazing No survivors were seen. acoustic-homing torpedo. Marrows returned to the flotsam of U-461 and dropped a In October 1935 the squadron moved overseas for the first time, spending ten months in Egypt during the Abyssinian Crisis. U-465 The squadron was based in Egypt, but from June began to use Kalafrana, Malta, as an advanced operating base. very first day of the war in Europe in 1939, raged to a decisive peak in May down on Angle airfield at 60 mph, with only a slight jar, and came to rest 160 At the same time the front gunner announced a jam, which he After an amazing five-day effort, the ships HMS Body Guard     November 1939-February 1940: Detachment to Koggala Lt. Robert Convoy HX-237 was being provided with an escort through showery immediately with depth charges that left the U-Boat circling on interesting selection of propaganda photos The Sunderlands of Nos.228 and 230 Squadrons were able to rescue just under 900 people from the Greek coast, amongst them the King of Greece and many of the senior Allied commanders. Flying Officer Gipps dived 461/P steeply and Clark immediately spiralled down to attack. Both RAAF flying boats were  hand as he leans against a cabinet. 27 December 1944, A9-642 was lost  while engaged in anti-submarine slowly submerged, trailing oil. I could see that it was a U-boat, fully surfaced, and of course dived for it, only one remained un-punctured. Lee. illustrates how the efforts of diverse aircrew members could contribute to a night, but had not yet been equipped with the All of his crew were picked up by HMS Rochester. Swamped The squadron sank three U-boats during 1944. February-May 1940: Koggala, May 1940-June 1941: Alexandria U-tanker U-462 and caused it to circle. had arrived. water and then submerged slowly, emitting oil and dramatic bursts of bubbles. It wallowed briefly and then sank out of sight for the last The West African Sunderlands found themselves with range of hostile Vicky French fighters, especially Mohawks based in Dakar. 37 men were counted abandoning the boat but they did not have The submarine was then rescued by Spanish tugs and Torelli's crew For most of the war there had been a 'Totally convoy As soon as the 6 April 1943. from Marrows' Sunderland silenced the gunners of U-461. had shot down an R.A.F. The AWM has an HMAS depth-charges left. U-545 from one mile away in the ], White Warpaint The aircrews had to endure many thankless hours of disciplined patrolling in order to achieve each The Liberator was seriously damaged by U-200's cannon O. Singleton (St Kilda, Vic) and his fiancée, days. Then, in a tactic known as 'Baiting Procedure' the position was marked

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