Two days later, the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft.
But they did say that the aircraft sank very quickly.
The aircraft broke up and sank in the water to a depth of about 60 feet.
He made it safely to his own lines but the aircraft sank to the bottom.
She was the first major warship ever to be sunk by aircraft.
U-64 was the first U-boat sunk by aircraft in the war.
She was sunk by British aircraft on 10 September 1942.
The aircraft sank when efforts were made to tow it ashore.
The aircraft crashed and sank in 13m of water.
It was easy; the aircraft had sunk into the dune upon landing.