Help from the Luftwaffe
 

Last night I was attacking a convoy off the east cost of Britain, near Hull, and was picking off the escorts in preparation for gunning down the defenseless cargo ships. I had an escort chasing me and I put up my scope and noticed a lot of gunfire, but they were not shooting at me. Then I saw a dot in the sky! A JU88A was bombing and strafing the convoy! They sank one ship and crippled another, which I finished off. He was quite helpful!

Could the Luftwaffe have operated so close to England in November of 1940?

Sure! This time and only some days ago the german Luftwaffe started raiding british cities and were usualy around the east and south east coast.