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Originally Posted by John Pancoast
Fwiw, from what I've learned over time, Kretschmer lost his boat when an officer ordered a dive when in Kretschmer's mind, he shouldn't have, allowing them to get picked up via asdic. Kretschmer believing the escort wouldn't have seen them if they'd stayed surfaced, and he could have slipped away into the night. As it turned out, he was right; the British ship "Walker" had not seen U-99.
Kretschmer never forgave said officer for that order.
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Shouldn’t Kretschmer have been giving the orders? Or was it a case of not being able to countermand them in time?