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Originally Posted by CCIP
It's possible enough, if a bit farfetched. There's certainly no guarantee you'll get detected, and a lot of the time they'll simply be looking for you in the wrong place, if they're just 'newbie' escorts.
You just ran into some 'greens'. It certainly can happen.
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I agree. I just watched The Cruel Sea a few days ago, and the impression I got from it was that many times the escorts had no idea where an attack came from, and unless they were lucky and had good equipment, they would be totally in the dark and the U-boat could simply wander off fairly safely. This was especially the case in 1939-41.
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