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Old 03-29-11, 08:58 AM   #11
Gerald
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Originally Posted by maillemaker View Post
Well, I did save just before engaging the convoy, as it turns out.

Reloaded, re-attacked. Picked up by radar on the approach, got hammered by escorts.

At 200m, suddenly I got smashed down to 81% HI with no warning of depth charges. 2 minutes later hammered again and sunk, again with no warning of depth charges.

This is September 1943.

Hedgehogs?

31 patrols. Back to 1939.
Hedgehogs,a deadly weapon for submarines during the period...
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