I am nearing 1942... i have seen literally hundreds of airplanes since September of 39... i mean i have probably had 500 airplane encounters if not more. In almost every encounter they fly within about 1KM of the boat... I would estimate that one in every three of the encounters results in the airplane(s) passing almost
directly over the boat.
Not once.. Not one single time in the entire game have they
ever attacked me or given me a second thought. Nor have they ever wavered from straight and level flight, dived on my boat, circled my position... NOTHING!
some folks here say they report your position.
hog wash
in the early campaign i tested this off the east coast of England... encountered a flight of hurricanes and i stopped. sat dead in the water for over 72 hours.
during that time i encountered 2 more flights of airplanes... one distant flight of 2, and one close flight of 2. Both flights were well within visual range of my surfaced boat.
during the entire 3 days of just sitting still i never saw a surface warship respond to any of these supposed "reports".
these airplanes have no attack routines whatsoever... they do nothing... they serve no apparent purpose in SH5 other than pointless scenery.