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FEBRU RY
I
1943
CONTENTS
ANALYSIS
OF
SUBMARINE
W RF RE
A.
Allied
Shipping
Losses . . . . . . B.
Ship
Construction
Versus
Losses
 
4
C.
German
Strategy
in
Dispositions of
Submar
ines.
.
5
ANALYSIS
OF
ANTI SUBMARINE
W RF RE
A.
Anti Submarine
Operations
by
Ai craft.
7
B.
Convoys .
8
C.
Attacks
on
U Boat Bases .
10
D.
Attacks
on
Enemy
Submarines.
14
J
II
INTERESTING
AIRCRAFT
TT CKS
A.
First
Antisubmarine
Squadron
Scores
Again.
15
B.
Convoy
Protection off
Newfoundland .
16
C.
Ventura's
Attack
. . . . . . .
16
D.
Killer
Hunt
in
the
Caribbean
. .
18
E.
B 24 Versus JU.88s .
19
F. Five
Messerschmitts
Meet a B 24.
20
IV
INCREASING
THE
NUMBER
OF
KILLS
A.
The Average
Attack
on
the
Submarine
 
21
B.
Bombing
Error
.
21
C.
Low
Level Bombsight. . . . .
23
D.
Spacing
of
Depth
Bombs
. . . 24 E.
26th
Wing
Bombing
Practice
.
25
F.
Training
Facilities
.
27
v
NEW
TECHNICAL
DEVELOPMENTS
A.
Magnetic Anomaly
Detector
 
29
B.
The
Analattack
. . . . .
30
C.
Depth
Bomb
Nomenclature
 
32
VI
AIRCRAFT
ND
N V L
RECOGNITION.
32
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VI
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SUMM RY
OF FEBRU RY WE THER
 
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IX
OPERATIONAL
STATISTICS
35
Much
of
the information
contained
in
this
publication is
derived
from
highly secret
sources
and
all
personnel
are
enjoined
to
exercise
extreme
caution
in
order
to
prevent
dissemination
to
unauthorized
persons.
Information
as to
X/V
sinkings,
U-boat
dispositions,
new
technical
developments,
operations
and
locations
of
antisubmarine
units
is
intended
for
the use
of
higher
commanders and
their
st ffs
only.
No
reproduction
of
informat
~ont ined
 
herein
may be
made
without
specific
approval
of
the
Command ng
General,
Army
Air
o~ces
 
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isubmarine
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TABLE
I
A. ALLIED
SHIPPING
LOSSES
The
downward
trend
of
sinkings
of
Allied
and
neutral
merchant
vessels
eVident
since
Ndvember
was
abruptly
reversed
in
February
and
losses
as
far as
is
known
as
of
March
12th
amounted
to
sixty-two
ships
totaling
368,186
gross tons.
The
tonnage
loss
however,
was
not
heavy
in
comparison
with the
average
monthly
losses
for
the past year; the
significance
of
the
February
record
lies
chiefly
in
the
reversal
of
the trend.
Reports
for
the
early
part
of
March
indicate
sinkings
at
an
accelerated
rate.
Chart
I shows
the
record
of
monthly tonnage
losses
as
a
result
of
submarine
action
since
September, 1939,
as
well
as
the
tonnage
loss
of
tankers
and
cargo-passen
ger vessels.
The
curves
shown on
the
chart
are
based on
British
figures
prior
to
_September, 1942, and American
figures
thereafter.
The
American
figures
include
ships
that
may
have been used
for transporting
troops regardless
of
whether
the
ships
were
classified
as
commissioned
auxiliaries.
The
loss
of
ships
from
enemy
action
of
all
types
including
mines,
air
and
sur
face
craft
as
well as
submarines
is
shown
in
the
following
table for
the
months
of February
and
January
1943.
The
January
figures
have been
revised
slightly
from
the
totals
shown
in
this
report
last
month,
as
more
accurate
information concerning
sink
1ngs
during
the
mopth became
available.
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