Minden amit a II. világháborúról és a Harmadik Birodalomról tudni lehet
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SZUsszan #10923 16 February 1944:
Off Three Island Harbor, New Hanover in 02-24S, 150-06E. CH-39 is escorting cargo ship SANKO MARU towing a midget submarine. The convoy is attacked by Fifth Air Force B-25 "Mitchell" medium-bombers of the 500th Bomb Squadron of the 345 Bomb Group. The B-25s bomb, strafe and sink CH-39 and SANKO MARU (14 crewmen KIA) and damage the midget.
That same afternoon, B-25s of the 499th Bomb Squadron of the 345 Bomb Group find CH-39 sunk by the stern on a reef and abandoned, but the midget submarine is still on the surface. They bomb and strafe the midget and claim a sinking.
Megrongálódott? Végül is a tatjánál süllyedt és megakadt egy zátonyon és elhagyták. TKO, de valóban nem süllyedt el.