U-505 page 11

 U-505 page 11 by ric gustafson

After spending two weeks getting past the Bay of Biscay, U-505 starts to head toward the Caribbean Sea. It's new assignment was the coastal waters of Trinidad. When the boat arrives, skipper Zschech spots a freighter. He sinks it with four torpedoes. It is a British freighter named the ' Ocean Justice'. It was skipper Zschech's first kill. 

At the same time up above, Flight Sergeant Ron Sillcock was an ace pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. Flying in Squardron 53, Sillcock had personally sunk two U-boats. Those boats were the U-155 and U-173. Sillcock, in his twin engine Lockheed Hudson light bomber, was anxious for a third U-boat kill.

Thirty year old Sillcock had curly black hair and a firm jaw. From the RAAF, Sillcock learned Morse Code and Mathematics. 

On November 10 1942, Sillcock was hoping for a productive six hour air patrol. The weather was perfect.

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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric