My most recent careers;
U-77 (real-life fate): Sunk at 0115hrs on 28 March, 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37.42N, 00.10E by 4 depth charges and 1 bomb from 2 British Hudson aircraft (48 & 233 Sqn.). 38 dead and 9 survivors.
Its fate in game: Retired after 19 patrols, First officer took command.
U-101 (real): Stricken at Neustadt on 21 Oct, 1943. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Wreck broken up.
Ingame: currently in patrol 2 - the captain is writing a comic on its adventures
U-502 (real): Sunk 5 July, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle, in position 46.10N, 06.40W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 172/H). 52 dead (all hands lost).
This boat was the first U-boat sunk by a Wellington aircraft and also the first one to fall victim to the Leigh Light equipment.
Ingame: Sunk by gunfire from a DD in rough seas off the french coast on its way home from patrol
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