^ Its just a hunch I have at the moment. I'll have to gather evidence. However I believe that the Catalina was able to find the Bismarck because of Bletchley Park.
This I can't confirm, its from the Avalon Hill Bismarck rules I am reading "The Bismarck was able to shake off her pursuers and was racing undetected to France when an unfortunate radio message was issued by Lutjens to Germany, detailing the victory the previous morning. The British were able to locate the source of the signal and the chase was on again."
The thing about ULTRA was they always had to have some other way to confirm the information so that it wasn't suspected that they were reading the Enigma codes. Having a plane or some other way for the enemy to explain the information was important.
All just a hunch on my part at the moment till I find something definite.
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