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Old 10-31-11, 03:14 PM   #381
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Brest, March '42. We return into the Atlantic.



The scoreboard. Soon I will be on top.



We head into our patrol zone near Newfoundland (again). Hopefully we will do better this time.



Our new boat in rough seas.



Again, we must dive before aircraft ..



IT ATTACKS!



Somehow we were not hit.

We take up position in our patrol zone, and just as we want to play cards, we get a report of a fat convoy in the south.

Fuel situation is much better this time. We can reach it! We head to the convoy at full speed.



We dive for the hydrophone check.







There is a huge contact in front of us, it covers 50 degrees, that must be the convoy!!



The first hydrophone bearings show up on our map. We don't surface, but manoeuvre only by our signals.



We must be right in the convoy YES!!!



We are between the two right columns. Now it's time to got to periscope depth. From the periscope, we see the first targets.

A run of the mill merchant, very close.



A modern 6000t freighter from America, somewhat distant.



Target solution will be a bit trickier. But it's still not too far away.



And finally to the left is one ugly 5000t merchant heading in our aim.

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