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#Thailanddiving 🤿 Haardeep Suddhadib wreck JUN 1 1945 ATTACK RESEARCH with 5 star Dive Academy Thailand Diving Pattaya Thailand Asia
Hardeep Wreck
The Wreck of the Steamship Suddhadib

JUNE 1st 1945 – ATTACK RESEARCH
INTRODUCTION & THANKS
When our friend Peter Walker had researched the full history of the Suddhadib (a.k.a. Hardeep Wreck), the findings that he unearthed were a revelation to all divers who had known the wreck only as an exciting, but rather anonymous dive site.
(Find all of Peter’s research in his excellently produced video on his own website www.peterwalkerphoto.net).
To me it was an inspiration to one day fully visualize the events specifically of the day of the attack and the sinking. After many months of work, this set of 29 visuals is finally completed.
I am happy to not only present all of you with the pictures but also this wealth of additional details that had to be dug up for the production.
Next to Peter’s consultation in this “Suddhadib Attack” project, my sincerest thanks also extend to two other friends who helped greatly with their expertise, Brock Wright (aviations expert working for Bell Helicopters) and Steve Burton (wreck diving authority and owner of www.thaiwreckdiver.com), both of whom with hundreds of Hardeep dives under their belts (… weight belts).

1) WHO SANK THE SUDDHADIB?
The British RAF (Royal Air Force) with 2 bomber squadrons
RAF B-24 Liberator Squadrons 99 and 159
planes piloted by allied British, American and Australian pilot

2) WHEN AND WHERE DID THE ATTACK LAUNCH?
1st June 1945
the B-24 Liberator Squadrons were stationed at the airfield Digri near Calcutta, West Bengal (India)
the area of West Bengal was ideal for placing airfields as the entire terrain is virtually flat with sparse vegetation
Digri was only one of many WW2 RAF airfields in that area next to airfields at Kalikunda, Dudhkundi, Piardoba, Salboni, Salua, Hijli, and Chakula

3) WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE AT A WW2 RAF AIRFIELD?
buildings were built with locally available construction materials
outside the barracks area there probably wasn’t a whole lot of entertainment for the air men
in circumstances like these I would assume that the comradery amongst the men was very strong and friendships forged during these days lasted for a lifetime
any ordered air attack was a highlight and remained in the men’s memories in vivid detail until high age (see interview with pilot Max Mazengarb)

4) HOW MANY PLANES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK?
Squadron 99 flew out with a total of 10 bombers
Squadron 159 launched with 13 bombers, plane 14 failed to take off
each Squadron was divided into 3 sections
high altitude bombers
low altitude bombers
mine layers
the picture shows how each plane successively moves from their parking positions onto the taxiway

5) WHAT DID THE BOMBERS LOOK LIKE?
B-24 Liberator Bombers
at over 18,400 units produced by the end of WW2, the B-24 bombers were the most commonly produced Allied bombers in history
the B-24 Liberator bombers under the RAF stationed around India were olive drab on top and off-white on the bottom
behind the side gunner ports, large letters marked each individual plane so ground crew and crew in the tower could easily identify them from a distance

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Chapter
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Hardeep Wreck
01:40 1 WHO DROPPED?
02:00 2 WHEN AND WHERE?
02:32 3 LIFE ON AN AIRFIELD
03:07 4 HOW MANY PLANES?
03:40 5 WHAT DO BOMBS LOOK LIKE?
04:20 6 WHAT TIME?
04:30 7HOW?
05:05 8 HOW LONG?
05:30 9 WHICH ITINERARY?
05:51 10 WHO WERE THE TARGETS?
06:18 11 WHY?
06:40 12 WHEN AND HOW TO ATTACK?
07:10 13 TARGET?
07:45 14 WHAT WAS THE LOAD?
08:30 15 HOW IS AN M-59 BOMB ARMED?
09:00 16 DID THE BOMBS EXPLODE?
09:30 17 DID THE BOMBS HIT THEIR TARGET?
09:48 18 LOSSES?
10:00 19 LOW LEVEL ATTACK?
10:30 20 DID HE DEFEND HIMSELF?
11:00 21 WHO LANK THE SUDDHADIB?
11:33 22 WHERE DID THE BOMB HIT THE SHIP?
12:00 23 WHAT DAMAGE?
13:00 24 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOMB?
13:10 25 WHAT SANK THE SUDDHADIB?
13:45 26 WHEN DID IT FLOW?
14:10 27 DID THE SUDDHADIB GO TO HEAVEN?
14:44 diving on hardeep film
15:31 Closing