Yeah I got cocky with a couple of Mosquitos the other day - I was chasing a lone merchant, when my lookout spotted a pair, high and far away. I decided to stick it out on the surface at flank speed while they did their first run then I would be in a good position to give the merchat a torpedo. I sent up the flack gunner just to annoy the mozzies. When they started their dive I pulled the rudder over, but the bastards dropped about 4 bombs right on top of me and pretty much everything and everyone above the waterline got blown to bits.
I sank to the bottom with heavy flooding, and dead motors & batteries. Fortunately it was only 80m and after a couple of hours frantic pumping and repairing I surfaced and limped back to base.
Learnt my lesson...
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