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Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flew back to base with reports of heavily gunned U-boats which had elected to stay on the surface and slug it out when Liberators pounced on them. One Liberator limped home with one of her four motors knocked out, flak holes in her wings, tail and fuselage, and one of her crew wounded. From air photographs it was clear that the U-boats were organized in fleets, prepared to fight underwater or on the surface. One submarine had at least ten deck guns, evidently stood by as an antiaircraft vessel while others concentrated...
Second Lieut. John G. Winant Jr., the Ambassador's son, who after a raid on Germany flew a Fortress with 75 flak holes safely to Africa, won a promotion to first lieutenant...
...could hear the voice of an observer circling in a plane somewhere on high giving commands to the methodical British pilots: "There's absolutely nothing here to stop you chaps. The searchlights look pretty thick but they haven't got glue. . . . There's a bit of flak among the searchlights, but none is as bad as it looks. Now, boys, for a nice run in. . . ." Some 1,800 tons of explosives fell on flaming Berlin...
...clock our planes dived one by one on some target behind Troina. Because-there was no flak, we figured the enemy might be withdrawing. The sounds of battle grew less, and finally, when a heavy formation of B-25s struck at the town at 7 o'clock, we stood boldly up on our ridge and watched. All firing seemed to have ceased, as if both sides were watching the blasting of Troina, which, though only a mile away, vanished again behind the curtain of black smoke...
...coast there was still flak, but we lit cigarets with relief. Now England looked more serene than ever. Later we learned that at least 100 to 150 fighters had attacked us, that perhaps two score had been shot down by the Forts and Spits...