MAKE A MEME View Large Image PV-1 VPB-125-B-6 1943.jpg The Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 125-B-6 of patrol bomber squadron VPB-125 On 27 April 1943 this aircraft attacked the German type IX C submarine U-174 commanded by Oberleutnant 1st Lt Wolfgang Grandefeld near Cape Race ...
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Keywords: PV-1 VPB-125-B-6 1943.jpg The Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 125-B-6 of patrol bomber squadron VPB-125 On 27 April 1943 this aircraft attacked the German type IX C submarine U-174 commanded by Oberleutnant 1st Lt Wolfgang Grandefeld near Cape Race 43 35N 56 18W on the surface U-174 heavily damaged the PV-1 with 20mm-AA-guns before sinking All 53 crewmen of the U-boat died U S Navy Naval History Center website http //www history navy mil/avh-vol2/chap4-6 pdf USN photo no 80-G-K-71986 1943 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
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