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Originally Posted by FAdmiral
I am still in the later 1940's so all I see in the way of enemy air is the Hurricanes. My new base is Lorient so I hope my future patrols
are far enough away from those big enemy bombers when in later years.
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I wouldn't count on it, my last patrol from Brest ended in Nov 42, I transferred to Lorient to get my hands on a IXC. Left port on Dec 29, 1942 bound for AE78 and got attacked by a freakin' Catalina before I was 30 miles out to sea
If that's not bad enough, I got hit 4 more times by Sunderlands by the time I reached BF15.
Strange thing is, my last patrol from Oct - Nov 42 from Brest, patrolling back and forth from BF13 - BF15, I could go days without seeing a single plane! And I could usually get away with little or no damage - but now they're tearing me a new orifice if you get my meaning...