U49's final patrol - DiD

[danurve]

CAPTAIN'S LOG


25 Jun 1941
0243 Patrol 29
U-49, 7th Flotilla
Left at: June 25, 1941, 02:43
From: St. Nazaire
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE64
0722 BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Hudson MK3 Bomber
0723 BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Hudson MK3 Bomber
0831 BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Hudson MK3 Bomber
0831 BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Hudson MK3 Bomber
1631 BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Hudson MK3 Bomber
1631 BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Hudson MK3 Bomber
28 Jun 1941
0736 BE 65 Ship sunk! Large Cargo, 6576 tons
1451 BE 64 Ship sunk! Large Cargo, 6577 tons
02 Jul 1941
1729 BE 61 Ship sunk! Empire Celt Tanker, 8646 tons
1730 BE 61 Ship sunk! T3 Tanker, 8436 tons
1740 BE 61 Ship sunk! Small Merchant, 3608 tons
1741 BE 61 Ship sunk! Troop Transport, 9391 tons
03 Jul 1941
0418 BE 62 Ship sunk! T3 Tanker, 10328 tons
0421 BE 62 Ship sunk! Troop Transport, 8347 tons
0444 Patrol results
Crew losses: 46 dead
Ships sunk: 8
Aircraft destroyed: 6
Patrol tonage: 61909 tons

Balls!!
It's just not fair I tell you, just when I thought I was finally headed for `42 :arrgh!:

http://mysh3.info/WAC/images/wac_2.jpg

[Keelbuster]

What got you? How did it happen?

[Tiny]

The U-boat Is Not An Anti Aircraft Platform.

[danurve]

The U-boat Is Not An Anti Aircraft Platform.

I'll try and remember to tell my gunner that. Gosh darn it, I guess I can't he's dead. :ping:

[Jimbuna]

The U-boat Is Not An Anti Aircraft Platform.

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[danurve]

What got you? How did it happen?

I shadowed the same convoy I attacked in BE 61. Escaped after the first attack by slipping under the convoy to silent running, 2 knots, 60, 90, then to 160ish, then eventually a steady 2 degrees to starboard. 2 days repairing damage and shadowing, attacked again in BE 62. Tried the same evasion tactic, there was 4 escorts, one of them had me pegged dead on at 70m. Boat was a VIIB btw.

http://mysh3.info/WAC/images/wac_2.jpg

[Keelbuster]

A noble demise...