He had just sunk a German U-boat off Cape Hatteras. Then he circled back to drop life jackets for the crew.On July 7, 1942, Lieutenant Harry Kane of the US Army Air Forces attacked U-701 with his Lockheed Hudson. The depth charges tore open the hull. Most of the crew escaped, but only seven survived after nearly 49 hours in the water. Kane later met the captain, Horst Degen, and they stayed in contact for years.This is the story of a pilot who completed his mission… and then tried to save the men he had put in the sea.
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