My mission to capture Enigma Code : Bernard Jordan on how he served on destroyer

08 June 2014

My mission to capture Enigma Code : Bernard Jordan on how he served on 
destroyer hunting 'wolf packs' of Nazi U-boats in Second World War

- Bernard Jordan, 89, said he served on a destroyer in Second World War
- He hunted 'wolf packs' of Nazi U-boats attacking Allied shipping 
  convoys
- 'I was on mission to recover one of the Enigma machines,' he told 
  friends
- D-Day veteran captured nation's hearts after sneaking out of care home 
  and boarding coach to France to join in 70th anniversary events

By Mark Nicol In Normandy and Nick Craven

Bernard Jordan said he served on a destroyer in the Second World War 
hunting the ‘wolf packs’ of Nazi U-boats attacking Allied shipping 
convoys.

‘I was once on a mission to recover one of the Enigma machines from a 
U-boat which we’d forced to the surface by dropping depth charges, and 
crippling it,’ the 89-year-old Royal Navy veteran told friends.

‘We boarded the submarine and recovered the machine.’..../snip/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2651709/My-mission-capture-Enigma-Code-Bernard-Jordan-served-destroyer-hunting-wolf-packs-Nazi-U-boats-Second-World-War.html

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2650882/D-Day-veteran-89-reported-missing-care-home-staff-told-travel-France-Normandy-escaping-joining-friends.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2651658/For-time-Britains-favourite-D-Day-runaway-Bernard-Jordan-tells-amazing-story.html