U-402 under attack by aircraft from USS Card (CVE-11), October 13, 1943

U-402, taken from LCDR Avery's TBFduring his first pass. LCDR Avery believed U-402 was submerging and intended to drop his MK-24 torpedo but the boat remained on the surface. It was too late to break of the pass so LCDR Avery strafed the conning tower with his .50 cal. wing guns.

 

 

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ANTISUBMARINE ACTION BY AIRCRAFT (ASW-6) report completed after LT Balliett's flight
ANTISUBMARINE ACTION BY AIRCRAFT (ASW-6) report completed after LTJG Fowler's flight
ANTISUBMARINE ACTION BY AIRCRAFT (ASW-6) report completed after LCDR Avery's flight
Photographs of flight crews involved in the sinking of U-402
Photographs of U-402 from the Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte in Stuttgart, Germany
Photographs of U-402 from Mike McCarthy's collection
Photographs from the personal albums of Obermaat Walter Friebolin: Album One
Photographs from the personal albums of Obermaat Walter Friebolin: Album Two