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Shkval
12-05-12, 04:47 AM
Well I was close to Rabaul base when I picked up a sound contact... merchant pretty far away... so I surfaced and start chasing it... it was pitch black night and after almost 2 hours of chase when I got close to it - suddenly a radar contact :o... a biplane comes straight on me and misses me for 10 meters while I was diving... it's early war... second patrol... how come?
Red October1984
12-06-12, 05:33 PM
Maybe there was a merchant ship and a plane heading down the same bearing and you just happened to miss the plane.

I always do a Air Search on Radar before I surface. :up:
Arlo
12-06-12, 05:47 PM
Dutch plane ..... flying (drunk) Dutchman.
Cybermat47
12-06-12, 06:38 PM
Perhaps it was Dowly.

He is crazy enough...

He also happens to be a ferret.

From Finland.

Who flys.

I love Subsim :D
merc4ulfate
12-06-12, 07:14 PM
Maybe the plane liked nice shiny tings in the vater.:arrgh!:
Armistead
12-06-12, 07:28 PM
Are you playing stock?

Some mods have a few type planes that fly at night, usually with radar.
Never seen a bi-plane though.
TwoGamers
12-07-12, 12:55 AM
Patrol planes in stock seem to fly at night just outside harbours, but Ive only ever encountered 1
Shkval
12-07-12, 06:24 AM
TMO2.5 & RSRDC + patches... I also remember a few times in stock that I have had those night encounters... but I thought it was bug...
donna52522
12-07-12, 08:57 PM
Maybe it was Washing Machine Charlie, although he is more famous for his nocturnal raids against Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. :salute:
BigWalleye
12-07-12, 09:14 PM
Not certain, but I think Charlie was a monoplane. Does anyone know if Japan had any operational biplanes in-theater?
Sailor Steve
12-07-12, 09:34 PM
Hey Donna! Good to see you around again. :sunny:
Armistead
12-07-12, 11:44 PM
Maybe it was Washing Machine Charlie, although he is more famous for his nocturnal raids against Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. :salute:


She awakens from her slumber, hope she isn't dumber....
TorpX
12-08-12, 10:43 PM
I had a IJ aircraft bomb me at night once. It was early evening, but rather dark. I was very close to a japanese base, though. Scared the crap out of me. Don't ask me what kind of plane it was either.
Slam Hound
01-08-13, 11:13 AM
You were close to a major Japanese base and they have an airstrip port and a HQ so it is possible.:ping:
ColonelSandersLite
01-08-13, 11:23 AM
Not certain, but I think Charlie was a monoplane. Does anyone know if Japan had any operational biplanes in-theater?


Strictly speaking, it could be any aircraft, but was usually a g4m (Betty) bomber, which is a twin engined heavy.
merc4ulfate
01-08-13, 01:30 PM
From what I have read this sounds like a "Jean". So far it is the only torpedo bi-plane that I could find that was still in use during the 40's. They are carrier based and you should not see any past 1943.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_B4Y
Hardigen
01-20-13, 04:48 PM
Thats just happened to me,not quite dark had this target lined up perfectly (manual) flooded the tube an just about t let one off when there was an almighty explosion ,slight damage to the casing,was at periscope depth and stopped ,few secs later saw plane fly over the freighter . No chance after that ,the target started zigzagging ,that was off the coast of Japan.