Sink the Bismarck
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 10:01:51 -0800
>From: Mike Potter
>Organization: Artecon, Inc.
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>Subject: Re: Sink the Bismarck
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>Ludovic Kennedy’s =Pursuit: The Chase and Sinking of the Battleship
>Bismarck= seems to be the first book to identify the USN pilot of the
>Catalina and to show the extent of US involvement. Kennedy phoned BuPers
>in a shot-in-the-dark attempt to find the pilot over 30 years after the
>event and was amazed to be speaking with him within 15 minutes.
>
>A USNI book about the PBY Catalina (not at hand but I can find it)
>described the same event and pointed out that the =Bismarck= spotting
>was the first time a PBY of any kind came under hostile fire.
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