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Originally Posted by VonApist
Well that was it for U 47
Attack on a heavily escorted convoy in AM 53 in 1942. 1 tanker and 2 C2 were not enough for the arrogant skipper of U47 who instead of fleeing decided to hold on a little to long.
After 2 hours of hide and seek with 4 destroyers and a corvette, U47 was lost with all crew... At least it must have cost them a fortune. The destroyers nust have spend half of USA's budget depth charging me 
Back to 1939 restarting career...  |
a lesson i have learnt many times. and sometimes still cant grasp. but, if you put your crew FIRST each time in these situations you will
probably live longer - but thats no quarantee, is it?
maybe thats why so many of the Aces died very quickly early on...?