Really? All submarines have to be strong to withstand the pressure of the water and the Anson’s puny bombload would just bounce off, assuming of course that they actually managed to hit. Most submarines in WW2 were sunk by surface vessels or by other submarines. The role of aircraft in escorting convoys was essentially to drive the submarines underwater where the surface escorts could attack with their much more effective armament of depth charges. Although aircraft did carry depth charges the surface escorts could carry a lot more and could spend the time and resources to hunt the submarines down.
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Yet, as noted above, an Anson with its puny bombload managed to sink a submarine. I am not suggesting for a moment that the Anson was a good anti-submarine aircraft, merely that it was capable of sinking a submarine.
A 20mm shell could pierce a U-Boat’s hull. Doesn’t seem particularly strong to me.
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