Image: Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. C5338

Description: Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. A German type XXI submarine, U-2502, comes under cannon fire from a De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI during an attack on four surfaced U-boats (U-251, U-320, U-2502, U-2335) and an M-class minsweeper escort (M403) in the Kattegat by 22 Mosquitos of the Banff Strike Wing. U-2502 received only slight damage, but a type VIIC submarine (U-251) was sunk, a type XXIII (U-2335) seriously damaged and the minesweeper left burning.
Title: Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. C5338
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//9/media-9715/large.jpg This photograph C 5338 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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