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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN
Shouldn’t Kretschmer have been giving the orders? Or was it a case of not being able to countermand them in time?
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Not necessarily. I.e., standard sailors on watch wouldn't/couldn't/shouldn't wait for the skipper's order to crash dive upon spotting an airplane. But maybe so (your point), not sure.
In terms of a countermand, guess not. Once picked up on asdic at close quarters, surfacing wouldn't have been an option anyway.