501776 Flight Lieutenant Wes G Loney RAF 59 Squadron F/L was the pilot for the sinking of U-470 on the 16 October 1943. 18 days southwest of Iceland, a patrolling aircraft spotted U-470 with two sister boats. The aircraft radioed back to base, and soon a whole swarm of British Royal Air Force Liberator aircraft from 59 Squadron and 120 Squadron had descended on the trio, who decided to battle it out on the surface rather than dive, which would have made them easy targets for depth charges.
Over the course of the next several hours, the Liberators attacked the U-boats again and again, losing two of their number to anti-aircraft fire, one with all aboard and the other with two fatalities from the crew.
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