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Caption:
U-848
is bracketed by five depth charges dropped by United States Navy PB4Y-1
Privateer "107-B-4" flown by Lieutenant Samuel K. Taylor of Patrol
Bombing Squadron VB-107. Lieutenant Taylor attacked from seventy feet
(21 meters) at 225 knots (415 kilometers per hour). This ninth attack in
one day on U-848 was followed by another run by Lieutenant Taylor, who
destroyed the U-Boat with two depth charges. U-848, a Type IXd2 U-Boat,
was commissioned on February 20, 1943 under the command of
Korvettenkapitan Wilhelm Rollman (August 5, 1907 - November 5, 1943).
Rollman was a U-Boat ace who sank over 100,000 tons while the commander
of U-34.
