Like most here, I qualify my WO for watch, gun, and flak. I also have at least 1 PO gunner and 2 flak gunners. Among my other officers, one is gun qualified and another flak qualified, just in case the WO gets killed, which happens occasionally.
That said, I rarely use the flak gun other than to protect my gun crew as they finish off a cripple, or if the water is too shallow to tolerate a crash dive (so why was in such shallow water in the first place?).
U-boats are poor gun platforms, especially against aircraft. I lose too many crewmen that way, even if they do ultimately manage to shoot down the aircraft.
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