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frau kaleun · 10-05-11, 08:14 PM

According to Wikipedia the first five boats sent to the US East Coast were U-123, U-130, U-66, U-109, and U-125, and according to uboat.net these boats were all assigned to the 2nd Flotilla which operated out of Lorient at the time and did include a variety of Type IX boats. Don't know if GWX mirrors that or not, and obviously as operations in the eastern Atlantic continued and expanded there were more boats and probably other flotillas involved.

At any rate, you don't get renown in GWX for patrolling your assigned grid, so as long as you've got a boat that can get you there and back, there's no reason not to go if that's what you want to do. If you're a stickler for the realism of following your orders I would suggest using Commander as Steve suggests and selecting whatever patrol grid you want.

10-05-11, 08:14 PM	#4
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	According to Wikipedia the first five boats sent to the US East Coast were U-123, U-130, U-66, U-109, and U-125, and according to uboat.net these boats were all assigned to the 2nd Flotilla which operated out of Lorient at the time and did include a variety of Type IX boats. Don't know if GWX mirrors that or not, and obviously as operations in the eastern Atlantic continued and expanded there were more boats and probably other flotillas involved. At any rate, you don't get renown in GWX for patrolling your assigned grid, so as long as you've got a boat that can get you there and back, there's no reason not to go if that's what you want to do. If you're a stickler for the realism of following your orders I would suggest using Commander as Steve suggests and selecting whatever patrol grid you want.