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Originally Posted by Walruss
Tom,
did you approach from behind? I managed to slip nicely in between two columns and only turned to make an attack run when I was right in there,
And I passed within 400 meters of more than one boat without them even bothering with me...
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No, not from the behind. From the convoy's point of view, I approached from the 10-11 o'clock direction, moving perpendicular to the course of the convoy in front and to the side of it.
My mistake was that I thought the convoy would be in front of me, and that the first ship I saw was in the outer column. Instead, I was in front of the convoy and the first ship I saw was in the second or third column, and one of the columns was heading straight at me (the second ship I saw.)
Actually that wasn't the real mistake. I made two real mistakes: I tried to attack in too poor visibility conditions and I tried to continue the attack even after being spotted.