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Old 01-13-10, 11:36 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant View Post
They don't need to spot you. Radar can pick up a schnorchel head quite easily, and by 1944 the pilots have ample experience at bombing submerged U-boats.
Not quite so easy as you suggest KL

http://www.uboat.net/allies/technical/uk_radars.htm

Quote from details on ASV Mk XI:-

" ASV Mk.XI had a maximum range of about 60km against ships, and in good conditions and at low altitude (2000 feet) it could detect a surfaced submarine at about 20km. But it could detect a schnorkel only in very calm seas and at distances below 8km. It gave bearings with an accuracy of about 2 degrees.
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