| Also, it was a Beaufort pilot that, leaving late, and consequently spotting the recall flare from his CO before completing his search, came across (re-discovered) the convoy. He made a torpedo attack but the fish would not drop due to a faulty release mechanism so he had to satisfy himself with a strafing run.
This story is recounted in Michael Veitch's Flak which I have at home but the pilot's name escapes me at the moment. |