U-997 by Ivan Berryman. SQN387 and to dwell briefly on

and to dwell briefly on what horrors its crew may have endured on their perilous journey

The crew on the final mission were :

following pilot training

The first B-17G models began to see action late in 1943

collecting much of the burning balloon with his aircraft

U-997 by Ivan Berryman. SQN387 and to dwell briefly onDHM6753. U 997 by Ivan Berryman. A Type VIIC U boat, U 997 was one of lucky ones to survive the war. One of around 700 of the Type VIIs the workhorse of the German U boat threat it was an example of the 91 Type VIIC 41 variety, one of which is the only surviving Type VII in existence (U 995 is a memorial in Germany). U 997 served between September 1943 and the end of the war when the submarine was surrendered and subsequently sunk by Allied aircraft