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Originally Posted by Zero Niner
April/May 1942. So I'm running on the surface headed north into the Sulu Sea enroute to my patrol area (under TC) when I hear a tinkling noise and start receiving reports of damage. Dropped to 1x TC but no enemies about - no aircraft, ships and I couldn't spot a shore battery on the map.
This was the deep water passage between Borneo and Tawi-Tawi.
Any ideas?
Using FotRSU mod.
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How close were you, to land at either of them locations... Borneo & tawi tawi...
Not gonna swear to it, but.. if it is in the area I am thinking... & with the date in question there.... sounds like you had a deck gun crew (on land, no less...) that had a sniper scope on their gun mount.
Am, figuring you were at least 9 nm's from land... at most... or a bit closer in than that, when that occurred.
I remember getting sniper shot in just that manner... though when it happened with Me... was 20-2100 hrs, early '42... near or in the Bungo straits area... which, if am NOT mistaken, sounds about where you were at the time.
M. M.