Fewer escorts in the Med
GWX: I'm on my 5th patrol in the Med and it's early March 43. All of North Africa is in Allied hands. On the previous 4 patrols, and 6 patrols in a different boat, I've noticed that every merchant I've come across has been sailing in company with one escort. Now, 2 of the past 3 merchants I've encountered are sailing alone.
Is this historically accurate as a result of Allied air superiority/supremacy, i.e. merchants started sailing unescorted in early 1943?
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