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Old 05-24-15, 06:20 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Rambler241 View Post
Incidentally, how do enemy bombers know which precise bit of anonymous, all-looks-the-same sea surface to return to after their quarry has submerged? Do they have primitive GPS, or a homing instinct like pidgeons? In RL of course, larger aircraft might drop marker dye, but not early in the war, methinks.
I can't speak for the game, but in real life a submerging submarine depending on sea and light conditions often left a a persistent swath of bubbles, foam, residual oil and disturbed water, that served as a handy visual marker from the air on where the sub had left the surface.

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