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09-21-21, 11:25 AM | #1 |
Swabbie
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Luftwaffe stole my sinking
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I had put three torpedoes into a large merchant ship, about 100 miles east of Lowestoft, and as I watched it slowly sinking I saw strikes on it from above and around it in the water. It exploded and sank. I sent off a report after surfacing that evening, but got no credit for the sinking. I think the Luftwaffe must have claimed it first! Using GWX |
09-21-21, 11:31 AM | #2 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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Welcome back!
Bletchley! back on the surface after 16 years!...
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"Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" |
09-21-21, 12:21 PM | #3 |
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Yup. In CCoM during the first career patrol in the Baltic I was lined up on a Soviet convoy when Luftwaffe dive bombers attacked and wiped it out completely.
For what it's worth, Kondors would occasionally finish off cripples after a convoy battle so it happened in the real world. Besides, if this is the worst thing to happen in your U-Boat career, you are likely to do well. -C |
09-22-21, 07:05 AM | #4 |
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Probably happened to everyone-myself included.
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09-22-21, 11:06 AM | #5 |
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you dont know when your well off them Luftwaffe guys could have dropped thier loads on you instead
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09-22-21, 10:55 PM | #6 |
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The Luftwaffe guys are really special, in my last patrol out of Wilhelmshaven 5 planes dropped all their load on a floating mine with my sub at less than 2 Km... Hell of a show!
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