The next morning,
September 16, at 11:25am, the four submarines, with
Red Cross flags draped across their gun decks, were spotted by an American
B-24 Liberator bomber from Ascension Island. Hartenstein signalled to the pilot requesting assistance. Lieutenant James D. Harden of the
U.S. Army Air Force turned away and notified his base of the situation. The senior officer on duty that day, Captain
Robert C. Richardson III, replied with the order "Sink sub."
********* *******! This is definetely a war crime
