from U-754 betrayed a pattern to Royal Canadian Navy intelligence, information which was used by Norville Everett Small the commander of RCAF 113 Squadron to deploy patrols from RCAF Station Yarmouth targeting the suspected position of U-754. On 31 July, a Hudson bomber piloted by Squadron Leader Small himself caught U-754 on the surface south of Yarmouth not far from the scene of the Ebb sinking. The submarine was precisely straddled by a cluster of depth charges as it began to dive. The conning tower of the wounded submarine briefly surfaced to be strafed by the Hudson's machine guns before submerging for the last time. A trail of large air bubbles was followed by a massive underwater explosion as U-754 went to the bottom with all 43 hands. It marked the first submarine kill of the RCAF's Eastern Air Command. Wolfpacks U-754 took part in one wolfpack, namely: Zieten (6 – 22 January 1942) Summary of raiding history References Bibliography Bridgland, Tony, Waves of Hate, Leo Cooper, Great Britain: 2002. . External links World War II submarines of Germany German Type VIIC submarines Shipwrecks of the Nova Scotia coast U-boats sunk by Canadian aircraft U-boats commissioned in 1941 U-boats sunk in 1942 World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean 1941 ships U-boats sunk by depth charges Ships built in Wilhelmshaven Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in July 1942