january 2016 AH 35
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“HAWKEYE”
BULLOCH HAD
REMARKABLE
EYESIGHT THAT
ENABLED HIM
TO DETECT
SUBMARINES
WHERE OTHERS
SAW JUST
SWIRLS OF
WATER.
NEAR MISS U-243 is crippled by a depth
charge dropped by a Short Sunderland. The
U-boat sank after being targeted by a second
Sunderland and a U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator.