One last observation before I head out again.
When we left Wilhelmshaven last night, we had just started leaving our berth when we get a report of airplanes. I thought it would be the ME-109's I used to see in GWX, but no, they were Blenheims or Wellingtons! I ordered my flak gunner into action, but where could I go in a busy port with practically no water under me keel?
I emerged to the watch view to see what happened. I saw my flak gunner firing and soon thereafter all three planes went down. To my surprise, I saw parachutes of bailed out crew, soon to become kriegsgefangener, sailing down into town and the port. I looked at my logbook but no entry of planes shot down, so I conclude that every warship in port had opened up with the flak guns. I don't know if LSH models ground-based flak, such as 88's, but somebody other than my gunner shot down those planes.
For that patrol I had not set "start at sea" in SH3 Commander. I know one thing, if I ever leave from port again, I will have my flak gun manned from the outset.
What excitement!
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