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Originally Posted by Rconch
U 96 in AL 15 on March 23, 1942.
Surfaced at approx. 4:45 am, sky cloudy with moderate visibility.
Just get the crew settled into the watch-suddenly "Alarm aircraft".
Radar equipped Hudson in the dark, right on top of us. His aim was the only thing that saved us. Depth charges went off as I hit the crash dive.
All over in a matter of seconds. No one KIA or wounded.
Minor hull damage, was able to test dive to 158 meters.
Continuing patrol, but much wiser (scared) now.
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Had the same thing happen to me tonight in my IXb, in ED83, the same month and year even. Was too busy diving to check out what plane it was.
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