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That action finished at about 1am. Not long after 4am I was once more flying up to the Bridge to learn that the radar watch had detected another U Boat on the surface. The sequence of events was the same as before she dived before we could get the guns off, we got the asdic contact, told the world and was told by the Boss he was coming. I knew however that this time he was a good long way off and would be a couple of hours reaching me. Hang on as I would, but be stared at through a periscope twice in one night was more than anyone could stand, and so I determined to have a smack at this one straight away. We might lose contact in the commotion, but we would just have to pick it up again if we missed, and anyway, it would keep her quiet until we could attend to her properly. It worked out according to this plan. The pattern produced no evidence of damage, but we picked up the trail after our attack and followed it without trouble as the U Boat made no real effort to shake us off. The Boss turned up at 6.30am and between us, we put in two Extra Specials. The first one winged her and after that she laid a trail of oil wherever she went, the second one got her. Again, we got debris, but no survivors.

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