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The Laconia Affair

By Peillard, Léonce
1963, Putnam
ISBN 0553230700
270 pages

Descripton: This book gives a general account of the Laconia Affair. This was a very unusual case in which 3 German U-boats were attacked by a US B-24 Liberator bomber while flying the Red Cross and trying to rescue hundreds of Italian POWs and others from drowning. This book was also published under the title "U-boats to the Rescue."

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Ships hit by U-boats. Laconia


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