Aircraft and Air Forces - Fighting the U-boats

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IV</p> </div> <p>These pages will contain information on the air forces and the aircraft in the war against the U-boats. <strong>249</strong> U-boats were sunk by aircraft alone (including carrier-based aircraft) and <strong>37</strong> more were sunk by aircraft and ships together.</p> <p><strong>43</strong> additional U-boats were bombed in port and <strong>12</strong> were lost to aerial mines. More on U-boat fates by cause <a href="/fates/losses/cause.htm">here</a>.</p> <h3><a href="forces.htm">Air Forces</a></h3> <p>The collective group of allied air forces who together forces the U-boats to eventually stay submerged.</p> <h3><a href="types.htm">Aircraft types</a></h3> <p>This page contains list of all major aircraft types who fought against the U-boats.</p> <p>I've compiled a list of the more than 120 <a href="/history/aircraft_losses.htm">Allied aircraft lost to U-boats</a>.</p>  <div class="adSeperator"></div> <div id="ga_contentFooter728" align="center"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1101670507446460" data-ad-slot="7580936821"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div><br> </div>  <div id="footer"> <div id="footer_navcontainer"> <ul id="footer_navlist"> <li><a href="/" title="Front page">Front page</a></li> <li><a href="/about/" title="About uboat.net">About</a></li> <li><a href="/about/contact.htm" title="Contact us">Contact us</a></li> <li><a href="/special/faq.htm" title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/glossary.htm" title="Glossary pages">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/new.htm" title="What's new at uboat.net">What's new</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer_copyright">  © 1995 - 2025 Guðmundur Helgason </div> </div>  </div>  </body></html>

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