Attack By German Aircraft Defeated
When the smoke of battle cleared, the Allied force had emerged unscathed from the German gauntlet. Walter S. Brown, which had taken six enemy aircraft under fire during the seven-minute engagement, dropped astern at 2153 — in company with the Evarts (DE-5), British tug Hengist, and French coastal escort Cimieterre — to search for possible casualties. After a prolonged and thorough search in which they found nothing, the ships returned to the convoy for the remainder of the voyage.
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