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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Yep.
So far, so good - no problems on the first (pre-war) patrol, just started the second on Aug 31 1939 and two days later sank a 10k Polish merchant in the North Sea. First time I've ever sunk anything that early, or even seen a Polish ship in those first two days where I couldn't attack anything else. Of course the 2 eels I fired at it were both duds  but I was able to take her down with the deck gun.
Commander also gave me Otto Kretschmer's picture for my kaleun, maybe that's evened out the luck.  |
I wish you good luck.
I have never seen a Polish merchant. I have seen Polish DDs escorting convoys but never a merchant.