I'm also in Aug.'44, and making for blue water, outbound from St. Nazaire on patrol 27. Since the beginning of '44, staying on the surface and fighting it out with allied aircraft had become the norm for the first couple of days out of that port, and we were getting pretty good at it. We had just received word that our port had been changed to Bergen, and a were attacked a few minutes later by a lone Sonderland. Not much, considering the waves of aircraft that have come at us in the past. Even though my flak gunners scored hit after hit on this aircraft he still managed to break through and drop a bomb close enough to kill all six of them, and destroy two of three gun positions beyond repair. Those were the first loss'es for U-262 in 26 patrols, and the cream of the crop of my sailors. My snorkel was also damaged, and the starboard diesel destroyed. It's going to be a long journey to Bremen, but under the right conditions we can still attack most targets we may find along the way. Doe's anyone know how I bury my KIA's at sea? Doe's the game do that at some point?
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