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Originally Posted by Hueywolf123
Yes, in reality, they did shoot some down. My great uncle was killed when U-343 shot down the wellington he was the navigator on, just off the Costa del sol, in Spain.
The previous night the same U-boat was the first to recieve a 'Swamping' when it was going through the Gibraltar Straight, this is deatailed in a book called 'Cold Sea, Dark Sky' or something like that. It was fairly obvious that they knew they missed the boat and sent ASW aircraft out to find it.
They actually sent me a copy of the boats patrol log, but it is in German (any translators?)
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Hey fellow Aussie!
Sorry to hear about your great uncle - kind of reminds us we're simulating something that wasn't much fun in reality.
Peter Cremer in U-333 details some of his encounters with aircraft. They did shoot at least one down (interestingly, they didn't realise it at the time!). Cremer had served as a gunnery officer on a DD and actually had his crew use the 88mm as flak, quite effectively! He understood the calculations and orders necessary to make this effective, but that was an exception to the norm.
Once you run something like NYGM 2.2 you'll dive ASAP. The mod enables aircraft to use their cannon/mg in straffing runs - it's wicked! Gives a much more realistic flavour, though, as it brings home the fact that U-boats weren't intended to take on aircraft.