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Old 12-15-20, 11:58 AM   #5
FeatsOfStrength
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Originally Posted by bstanko6 View Post
The second you see them.

I only engage aircraft if they are Swordfish, anything other than a swordfish I crash dive and hope the bombs don't hit me.

One time on a Type IIA patrol in 1939 I decided to go through the gap between Scapa Flow and the Shetlands, I was attacked by 12 swordfish and managed to shoot down everyone of them before running out of ammo, didn't take a single hit from them. Makes me wonder how the Bismark had such a tough go of it.

The only times I get messed up by planes are when the lookouts fail to spot them (usually in time compression)
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