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Four days after Hitler's suicide, on May 3, 1945, the Cap Arcona, the Thielbek, and the passenger liner Deutschland (converted to a hospital ship but unmarked as such) were sunk in four separate attacks by RAF planes of 83 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force: the first by No. 184 Squadron RAF based in Hustedt; the second by No. 198 Squadron RAF based in Plantlünne, led by Group Captain Johnny Baldwin; the third by No. 263 Squadron RAF based in Ahlhorn; and the fourth by Royal Air Force Hawker Typhoons of No. 197 Squadron RAF based in Ahlhorn. The fighters used rockets, bombs, and machine-guns. After the first wave had attacked the ships, the Cap Arcona hoisted the white ensign without any effect. The ships were carrying from 7,000 to 8,000 prisoners from the German concentration camps in Neuengamme, Stutthof and Mittelbau-Dora, half of whom were Russian and Polish POWs, others from 24 nationalities, including French, Danish, and Dutch. Those reaching the shore after the sinkings were shot by SS troops, but about 350 managed to escape from the massacre, others were machine gunned by the British pilots while trying to get ashore.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Arcona