First and last cruise of U-131
17th December 1941: Aircraft from Escort carriers begin to take the fight to the U-boats
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Royal Navy anti U-boat tactics were being continuously developed. There was now much better co-ordination of the convoy escorts who worked together in persistently hunting down U-boats when they were …
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