PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-08-06. A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF THE FAMOUS NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF OF ...

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-08-06. A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF THE FAMOUS NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF OF COASTAL COMMAND BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN SIGHTED A U-BOAT WHILE ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY. IT ATTACKED AND SANK THE ENEMY CRAFT BUT WAS ITSELF HIT BY FLAK AND COMPELLED TO "DITCH". SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED BY A SLOOP OF THE ROYAL NAVY WHERE IT CHANCED THAT A MEMBER OF THE SAME SQUADRON, 2058 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J. B. JEWELL DFC, ADELAIDE, SA, WAS ON THE SLOOP SPENDING HIS LEAVE UNDER THE SCHEME FOR CLOSER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE RAF AND THE NAVY. MEMBERS OF THE SLOOP'S CREW WERE ENTERTAINED ASHORE AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF INSPECTING THE GIANT FLYING BOATS AT CLOSE QUARTERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: 17142 SGT F. O. PETTERSON, PERTH, WA; PETTY OFFICER D. C. JARDIN, LONDON; 405965 FLIGHT SERGEANT P. E. COOK, GOONDIWINDI, QLD; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER D. F. CHILDS, PORTSMOUTH; 41635 SERGEANT (SGT) J. HASLEM, MELBOURNE, VIC.