U-512 was attacked and sunk by a B-18A aircraft of the 99th Bombardment Squadron, October 3, 1942

B-18A aircraft in prewar colors August 21, 1940

Survivors of the U.S. tanker Patrick J. Hurley sunk by shell fire from U-512, picked up by a British ship and landed at an east coast port

 


 

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Naval Message, from NOB Trinidad to COMINCH, 3-Oct-42, reporting sinking of U-512
USS Ellis report:  Machon, Francis; German Prisoner-of-War - Information Obtained from
Summary of P/W Machon Interrogated by Lt. Gherardi
Report on the Interrogation of the Sole Survivor of U-512