Yeah, I just finished "Iron Coffins", and the real threat was aircraft towards the end of the War. I was amazed how hour after hour on some days they got radio call after radio call that went:
AIRCRAFT. BOMBED. SINKING. U-XXX.
In fact I was amazed the number of u-boats that were able to send off a radio message.
If anything, I think the game is less realistic than the war was (though I haven't gotten late in the war in the game). It seems like they had almost no chance of getting away from them. Especially for the bit of time when their Metox detectors were actually broadcasting the U-boat's position!
The author basically said it got to the point where if you didn't have a snorkle you were doomed.
One reason the flack u-boats didn't work is the attacking aircraft stopped attacking the u-boats. They would simply circle out of range, calling in more and more aircraft and hunter-killer surface groups until the u-boat tried to dive. Then they would descend on them and blow them to bits.
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