1942-08-15: U-205 rescued 5 Italian airmen of a Cant
U-205 (Kptlt Franz-Georg Reschke) rescued five airmen of an Italian Cant from a rubber dinghy in M.Qu. CJ 7498 (approx. 37°33'N, 07°30'E, about 40 nautical miles north-north-west of Bone, Algeria) at 1700 hrs on 15 August 1942. The survivors stated that they had been shot down in the evening on 11 August.
1942-08-11, ?, Cant, ? (possibly a Cant Z.1007 of 51° Gruppo, shot down by FAA fighters while shadowing the "Pedestal" convoy to Malta)
Cause?, loss 100%
5 unknown crewmen wounded (all of them were badly burned and had other injuries)
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