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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
This is for the people who think that planes are overdone in SH4.
On the Barb's 9th war patrol (August 4th through October 3, 1944), a crewman remarked in his diary around September 19th that "...of 71 plane contacts, only 6 bombed us."
seventy-one plane contacts...Of course they were patrolling the Luzon Straight which is in range of land based airbases, but think about that next time you get frustrated with the numbers of airplanes you come across in SH4.  |
Yes, but measure that against the tales from O'Kane. Sure, there were aircraft, but there were also large areas of ocean where you were unlikely - if not never - to find enemy patrols.
Tang's patrol in the Yellow Sea is a case in point. They made it to there, and patrolled around the area, with very little interference from aircraft. So, some contacts likely depending on year/month/location/weather/time of day, but it is more a case of you know within an hour or so of dawn, pretty much no matter where you are - or if there are enemy shipping lanes etc - you will start getting air contacts, and they will continue with monotonous regularity throughout the day.