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Originally Posted by LukeFF
Thanks! I have the ship set up to fly the Greek, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and French flags. I didn't add the Norwegian or Soviet flags, because I couldn't find any instance of them being flown in the Indian Ocean. Are there any other flags they were known to fly in that area of the world?
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You can't go wrong with those ones (although TMK the Japanese flag was dropped after Japan entered the war, or used very sparingly). Don't forget the British flag though - von Ruckteschell’s (
Michel) tactic was to attack and then return later under the guise of a friendly ship aiming to aid the rescue effort. He'd then get close enough and attack whatever other rescue ship was in the area. Prolly not relevant if you are just interested in the
Thor though.
Re the Norwegian flag, there's evidence of the British misidentifying the
Pinguin as a Norwegian merchant. As the story goes, the
Pinguin was sunk soon after because no-one waved to the British pilot as he flew past. Doesn't mean that
Pinguin was definately disguised as Norwegian, but the pilot thought so...
Which, I guess, raises another point. Any chance of adding a "disguise party" to the ship? Some men dressed as women and other "civilian" looking people. That was part of the fooling too. Certainly if the ship currently has any German looking crew they should be "disguised".