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Ducimus · 12-30-06, 05:04 PM

That took awhile, but didnt last as long as i thought it would. Ok.. break time. Getting back to base was a loooong trip. That little harbor raid used up most of my torpedo's. Had i not done that, id still be out there somewhere.

I had one major surpise this patrol. Tht was two british spitfires that got the jump out of me NE of durban. NO RADAR on them. My gut feeling was to put the boat to flank and a hard turn, manning the flak guns. Instead i tried to dive when my instinct was telling me it was too late. They straffed the snot out of my deck, from stern to bow, the whole length of the boat. Would have made an awesome screenshot but i was a little too preoccupied to think of it. That little mistake almost cost me the boat. One straffing run, no bombs hitting took out 9% of my hull.

12-30-06, 05:04 PM	#9
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	That took awhile, but didnt last as long as i thought it would. Ok.. break time. Getting back to base was a loooong trip. That little harbor raid used up most of my torpedo's. Had i not done that, id still be out there somewhere. I had one major surpise this patrol. Tht was two british spitfires that got the jump out of me NE of durban. NO RADAR on them. My gut feeling was to put the boat to flank and a hard turn, manning the flak guns. Instead i tried to dive when my instinct was telling me it was too late. They straffed the snot out of my deck, from stern to bow, the whole length of the boat. Would have made an awesome screenshot but i was a little too preoccupied to think of it. That little mistake almost cost me the boat. One straffing run, no bombs hitting took out 9% of my hull.