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English: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Malcolm (I19) receiving the surrender of the German submarine U-541 in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Cape St. Vincent, Spain, on 11 May 1945. The photo was taken from a U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Patrol Bombing Squadron 63 (VPB-63), piloted by Lieutenant W.D. Ray, from Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, Morocco. Note the retrobomb anti-submarine rockets under the plane's wing, mounted to fire backwards. |
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80-G-319661 |
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| Source | U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-319661 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 14:11, 2 June 2019 | | 5,684 × 4,450 (8.1 MB) | Cobatfor | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=The Royal Navy destroyer HMS ''Malcolm'' (I19) receiving the surrender of the German submarine ''U-541'' in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Cape St. Vincent, Spain, on 11 May 1945.<br>The photo was taken from a U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A ''Catalina'' of Patrol Bombing Squadron 63 (VPB-63), piloted by Lieutenant W.D. Ray, from Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, Morocco. Note the retrobomb anti-submarine rockets under the plane's win... |
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