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1944-06-18: U-1000 rescued 2 airmen of a De Havilland Mosquito
U-1000 (Oblt Willi Müller) rescued two airmen of a De Havilland Mosquito from a rubber dinghy in M.Qu. AN 2391 (approx. 60°15'N, 03°36'E, about 50 nautical miles west of Bergen, Norway) at 0215hrs on 18 June 1944. The aircraft on anti-submarine patrol had been hit by AA fire of U-804 at 2259hrs on 16 June and was forced to ditch 13 minutes later.
1944-06-16, 333 Sqn RAF, Mosquito FB Mk.VI, HP860, 3-R
Shot down by U-804, loss 100%
Pilot Lt Jacobsen, Jacob Martinius, RNoAF, POW
Navigator Fnr Hansen, Per Conradi, RNoAF, POW
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