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Son of James Ira Weatherbee and Mary Beatrice Day from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
On 20 September 1941, at 3:27 am, the MV Barbro was hit by two torpedoes from U-552. Her cargo of oil caught fire. At 4:30 am, U-69 attempted a coup de grâce, but failed. The captain and 33 crew members were burnt to death by the flames. The ship sank east of Greenland, in position 61°30'N/35°07'W.
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Commemorated on:
Page 245 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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