Yah, planes are bad. Only time I'll try to use the AA gun on one is if I've taken too much damage to risk diving. Otherwise I dive deep and stay deep. Until night. I fear planes more than DDs.
Course, I run TMO, so not only are planes tougher to shoot down, but they also report your position and can see you submerged if you're not deep.
With Stock, the planes are a lot less of a threat and can be shot down by AI gunners quite easily. But it's still not worth it because A) They are worth no renown, and B) They have a chance of nailing you with a bomb and causing heavy damage or sinking you outright. High risk, nil reward.
As to real life, I don't know of any subs that shot down planes. But I know of a lot of subs that were sunk by them.
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