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Originally Posted by STEED
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Originally Posted by Ubåtskapten
I'm in a IXC doing some paukenschlag in die nähe von die Vereinigte Staaten, more specificly, just lurking outside the gates of New York.  |
I am on my way to join you Jan42 lets teach these Americans a lesson. |
I'm sorry to disappoint you but...
Erich Hofmann and the crew of U-66 have now come to rest in the U-Boot Valhalla.
After having left France in early September we noticed that the fuel consumption was to high for any longer patrol time outside the US so after some ships sunk we refuelled at U-461(i think it was).
To make a long story short, the increasing harassments from radar equipped escorts and planes made it clear that the second happy times was soon to be over. After having intercepted a convoy in late October U-66 attacked and sunk one Whale factory ship and a Liberty freighter. But due to depth keeping problems when running anything slower than 3 knots we were subsequently attacked by several escorts.
U-66 was struck at 236m 19:16 29 October 1942 by several depth charges. All hands lost.
The Malfunctions and sabotage option in SH3Cmd really makes it harder to survive when you get this kind of problems at the heat of battle. Harder, but more realistic in my opinion.
Guess it's back in 1939 again to enjoy some happy times for a while.
