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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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The commander of the German submarine '570,' recently captured in the Atlantic by a British patrol-bomber, was shot dead today in an attempt to escape from a Lake District prison camp. The U-boat skipper, Lieut. Bernhard Berndt, 25, was caught once, but broke loose from his Home Guard captors and refused to halt when ordered.
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Killed Trying To Escape
LONDON, Oct. 20.-(P) - The
commander of the German submarine '570,' recently captured
in the Atlantic by a British patrol-bomber, was shot dead today
in an attempt to escape from
a Lake district prison camp.
The U-boat skipper, Lieut. Bernhard Berndt, 25, was caught once,
but broke loose from his Home
Guard captors and refused to halt
when ordered.
U. S. PILOT KILLED
LONDON. Oct. 20.-(P)--A pilot
of the American Eagle Squadron of
the RAF, Roger Atkinson, 20, of
Rockford, Ill., has been killed in
action, the air ministry said tonight.
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Lake District
Event Date
Oct. 20
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shot dead
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The commander of the German submarine '570,' recently captured in the Atlantic by a British patrol-bomber, was shot dead today in an attempt to escape from a Lake District prison camp. The U-boat skipper, Lieut. Bernhard Berndt, 25, was caught once, but broke loose from his Home Guard captors and refused to halt when ordered.