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Australian, Canadian and British officers served as pilot, second pilot and navigator with 59 Sqdn, No 19 Group, account of sinking of submarine U-470 during convoy escort duties in North Atlantic, 16/10/1943
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REEL 1 Account of sinking of submarine U-470 during convoy escort duties in North Atlantic, 16/10/1943: Loney: awareness of submarine in area. Goodwin: determination to sink submarine. Coston: sighting U-470 near end of patrol. Loney: sighting of submarine and it's opening fire on aircraft. Goodwin: sight of second Consolidated Liberator making attack. Coston: selection of depth charges; work of Sergeant John Dixon firing at U-470 from front gun turret. Loney: opinion of accurracy of air gunner Sergeant John Dixon's firing and navigator Flying Officer George Coston's placing of depth charges. Coston: U-470 continuing on course after attack. Goodwin: arrival of third Consolidated Liberator and queuing to attack; effect of gatecrashing aircraft's depth charges on their aircraft. Loney: second attack on U-470. Coston: sinking of U-470 wih depth charges. Goodwin: taking photographs of sinking. Loney: damage to aircraft and reporting to convoy. Coston: plotting return course and landing at home base.
