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Originally Posted by Corsair
From the Uboat.net page :
"The scheme was abandoned because it cost too much time to recover it and the observer on it when the U-boat was attacked."
No wonder, imagine the scene...:
Observer : Aircraft spotted coming our way
Kaleun : Crash dive - Ahead flank, 70m depth, rudder 25° starboard ...
a couple minutes later :
Kaleun: Oh Scheisse, we forgot something...  |
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Observer : Aircraft spotted coming our way
Kaleun : Crash dive - Ahead flank, 70m depth, rudder 25° starboard ...
a couple minutes later :
Kaleun: Oh Scheisse, we forgot something...
crew: what did we forget ?
kaleun: you guys remember Hans ? the observer
crew: yea
kaleun: well, we kinda forgot to get him down inside the sub when we started to dive
crew: so thats him banging on the hull ?
kaleun: sure is