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On a whim I tried and made it thru the Channel in Oct of 40. I know... stay away from the Channel, yes I've said it too. But curiosity got the better of me and I had to give it a go.

Hug the southern coast
If they come looking for you, run Silent and at 1, but no more than 2 kts.
If they drop DCs, go to Flank speed, get as low as you can, until the last one explodes and drop back to 1 kt.
If they circle and drop DCs again and they're a ways off, you're in the clear.
So come to a full stop and sit still . It might be a long wait but as long as you are still Silent and at 0 kts, you'll make it out of there alive.

I had to do this twice. Once N. of Calais and once N. of Cherborg. Pucker factor of 10 each time. I've also done the sit and wait thing many times before in the first 5 patrols of GWX, and it works. No sound no movement and they don't seem to be able to find you. On my way back to Lorient in the 5th patrol in BE39 I had a Black Swan hunt for me for over 3 "game" hours while I sat still. He ran by within 150 meters and didn't even know we were there. Tho 200 meters further on he kept dropping DCs. Kept doing figur 8s around us and hadn't a clue.

Now on the other hand, enemy a/c are the hard part and they will radio in the warships. If you see enemy a/c, dive and stay down changing course often for the next 2 hours of game time. Do not use TC over 2 tho. For some reason anything over that and you're detected.