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Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee
Well, I just started a guy in Penang. Here I have been, going along under the surface w/a schnorkel like a sucker, when I don't have to worry about aircraft, yet!!!
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Don't expect "Bay of Biscay levels" of aircraft in the Indian. It's a totally different theatre where submarines were not considered the same threat as they were in the Atlantic. For example, an Allied instruction issued in Dec 1943 ceased the use of convoys *except* for around India and the Persian Gulf, so this gives you a bit of an idea of how little a threat the Allies saw subs in the region.
Even around Australia it would be rare to see ASW patrols consisting of more than one or two planes. More often it was just single planes on two to four hour rotated patrols during daylight.
Of course, this doesn't make the planes you come across any less deadly, so don't go getting
too complacent.
