U-boat escapes destruction off Florida
7th May 1942: USS Dallas subjects U-333 to a sustained depth charge attack but she manages to escape by the slimmest of margins
On 7th May 1942 the U-boat U-333 was off Florida, once again involved in Operation Drumbeat, the sustained attack on US coastal shipping that had been underway since the beginning of the year. Gradually U.S. counter measures had become more organised and more eff…
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