FRI 23 JUL 1943
Atlantic
VP 63, equipped with PBYs, the first U.S. naval aircraft squadron to operate from the United Kingdom, arrives in South Wales for antisubmarine patrol duty over the Bay of Biscay.
Destroyer George E. Badger (DD-196) sinks German submarine U-613 (en route to mine the waters off Jacksonville, Florida) south of Azores, 35°32'N, 28°36'W.
Planes (VC 9) from escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) break up a rendezvous between German submarines U-527 and U-648 south of the Azores. U-527 is sunk at 35°25'N, 27°56'W, but U-648 escapes.
PB4Ys (VB 107) sink German submarine U-598 off Brazil, 04°05'S, 33°23'W.
Indian Ocean
Fourth group of survivors of freighter Sebastian Cermeno, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-511 on 27 June 1943, reaches Durban, South Africa, on board a British corvette (see 27 July 1943).
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