Today In History:  22 September  [1917]   --  RNAS flying boat sinks a German submarine in the North Sea

A Royal Naval Air Service Curtiss H-12 flying boat piloted by Flight Sub-Lieutenant N. Magor sinks the German submarine UB-32 in the North Sea. It is the only confirmed instance of a British aircraft sinking a German submarine without the assistance of surface ships during World War I. The wreck of the submarine was found in the 1980's but only formally identified in 2021.

PHOTO: Curtiss H-12 Large America in RNAS service

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Photo Attribution:  Public Domain  via Wikimedia.