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Originally Posted by Schroeder
Maybe he should have dived instead.  |
He crash dived both when he was damaged by the VLR Liberators, and when he was sunk. Despite the high number of kills, staying up and shooting is not S.O.P. The 17 aircraft were shot down over three patrols, most while trying to get into or out of harbour in water too shallow to crash dive in. At this stage of the war, an air attack before leaving harbour is standard. Three separate air attacks before getting to the 25 metre depth line is not unusual.
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Covered 1939-1945; now restarting in 1939 again.
Completed 39 careers, 210 war patrols, 4.7Mt sunk, 19 subs lost
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