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Old 08-21-06, 01:07 AM   #4
Fat Bhoy Tim
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Originally Posted by P_Funk
I've been told by some that it's not an issue but more a fact of life at night in the atlantic. However I doubt this somewhat because otherwise how could captains have even been able to target a ship at night after radar was in effect and they had to stay farther back. How did they avoid the escort screen if they can't see them?
The number of U-Boats sunk after April 1943, and the drop in allied shipping loses kinda tells you that for the most part - they didn't. They fired off pattern runners and hoped for the best half the time.
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