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Originally Posted by Fahnenbohn
Nice job !!! 
Now, try to stay alive when leaving this hellish lair ! The Kriegsmarine needs brave sailors like you !  |
Got back to Wilhelmshaven with 16 shells for the main gun left after a slightly uneventful return trip around the Shetland islands. Avoided 2 destroyers at safe distances and dodged a spotter plane. Managed to sink a coastal tanker and a merchant for some extra 4200. Total tonnage 270,000++.
13 Iron Cross, 2nd class
3 Iron Cross, 1st Class
4 U boat clasps
If I get more U Boat war badges I will need a bigger boat.
4 promotions.
This was probably the hardest patrol I can remember ever doing and one I will not do again in a good while. Back to hunting random merchants and convoys for a while.
PS I kind of feel sorry for this Swordfish (I suppose it was) coming in to Loch Ewe only to find his landing strip and parking space at an unhealthy angle. I wonder where he went off to next.
PPS Sometimes, the GWX radio messages can be a bit silly. I sail U-47 and received a message from 47 that he had sunk the Royal Oak. I had no idea I did!! Another thing is, those messages can be a bit excessive at times. Over a period of 3 minutes I received 7 or 8 messages. Makes it challenging to keep TC up to get back before I die of old age.
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