Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-10
De TAILS REPORTED
OF U-BOAT SINKING5
BY ENGLISH AlRMEN

LONDON, April 10.-Details con-
corning the destruction recently of
ten German submarines by naval air.
crift, eight by seaplanes and the 9th
ers by dirigibles, has been obtained by
the press from Admiralty reports.
The first case is described as follows:
While on patrol in the English
channel a seaplane sighted subma-
rine eight miles away, directly in the
path of an oncoming convoy Of mer-
chant ships. The seaplane dived at
ninety miles an hour The submarine
attempted to escape by submerging,
but was just awash as the seaplane
reached bombing position and re
leased two bombs, one of which ex-
ploded On the coming tower. The sea-
plane dropped two more bombs into
the midst of air bubbles from the col
lapsed submarine, which was of the
largest type, carrying two gun.
cat dawn a seaplane sighted a
large submarine on the surface with
member of the crew standing by
the gun The seaplane dropped al
bomb on the tail of the U-boat AMI
afterward photographed the sinking
submarine with q big hole III its deck.
4 second bomb was dropped close toI
the submarines bow, and the U-boat
collapsed"
Two seaplanes attacked a large
submarine travelling on the surfaced
at fourteen knots with two men ini
tie coming tower A bomb was ex-
pioded close to the coming tower and
the submarine began to sink stern
first A bomb from a second seaplane
completed the work"
Three patrol planes sighted a
large submarine as it was submerging
and dropped two bombs close to the
coming tower, causing the submarine
to turn turtle and disappear in mass
OF oil and wreckage."
"A seaplane sighted a submarine
close to the surface and dropped two
bombs. One bomb was ineffective.
but the other hit the deck fairly amid
ships. The submarine was hidden by
the smoke of the explosion and when
the smoke cleared the Uboat was
sinking with both ends in the air"
"a seaplane saw the track of a tor
pedo fired at merchantmen. 1t
Owed toward the surface and sighted
tie black shadow of the submarine.
we'll below the surface. It dropped
two bombs which exploded close to
the submarine, resulting in a large
quantity of oil, bubbles and wreck
age"
1.-TWO seaplanes sighted a U-boat
AID dropped bomb each. The first
bomb caused a heavy list to the U-boat
which began to sink by the stern. The
second bomb exploded in the center Of
the swirl demolishing the U-boat.
"a seap1ane dropped bomb on :
submarine just emerging and the T.
boat disappeared with heavy list to-
port. The pilot dropped second
bomb into the swirl and few minutes
later a patch of oil $50 feet long and
twelve feet wide appeared on the sur
face"
"a naval airship at midday sighted
suspicious patch of oil and cleared
it in an effort to ascertain the cause
Suddenly periscope broke the surface
ii the midst of the oil. The airship
dropped bomb close to the periscope
and a series of bubbles began appear
ing, indicating that the damaged sub
marine was moving slowly under the
water. Several more bombs were
dropped in the patch indicated until
satisfactory evidence was obtained OF
the enemy's destruction
IAN airplane dropped two bombs
over a submarine which was engaged
in attacking merchantmen. Great
patches of oil and bubbles indicated
severe damage and trawlers made this
complete by depth charges"