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Friday, 8 December 2023

Enemy submarines active on the Atlantic Ocean according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 7 August 1942

An item reported that at least 3 enemy submarines followed an eastbound Trans-Atlantic convoy of which on 5 August (summary no. 239) one ship was sunk. On 6 August rammed an escorting Canadian destroyer one enemy submarine sinking it of which crew members were saved and taken prisoner.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 240 dated 7 August 1942.

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