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Thing is, in real life traveling on the surface became suicidal. I am not sure how well game mechanics reflect this.
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I find air attacks to be pretty underwhelming in terms of damage inflicted, but they will damage your sub enough (any damage is enough, really) so that you can't continue your patrol.
By late war, you need 100% hull integrity so you can dive to maximum depths to have a chance at escaping escorts.
And in game, you will find TONS of air cover waiting to nail you using GWX in the late war years.
But if you run on snorkle during the day you risk getting nailed without ever seeing them coming unless you leave your periscope up and possibly have map contacts turned on. I can't remember anymore if aircraft automatically appear on map if your scope is up or not; I ran no contacts for a long time now.