It's Oct. '41 & I started a career with the 23rd Flotilla. My boat is U-73. On our first patrol we encountered a 3 ship convoy (2 AA ships, 1 tramp steamer: there must have been something or someone of value on board to warrant 2 escorts) in CN 61. Just as I was sneaking away after destroying the tramp steamer who should show up but the Luftwaffe!
A gaggle of Ju-88's & 87's arrived and proceeded to pound the crap out of the AA ships. As we were deep enough (120 meters) and the escort vessels were otherwise occupied I decided to increase speed to 1/3 & watch the battle unfold. One of the AA ships took some nasty damage from a very near miss. Our side lost 1 Ju-88 & 1 87 but the British got a bloody nose; the damaged AA vessel was smoking & listing as i was passing out of range.
It's nice to sit back and watch the RN get a sh*t-kicking for a change!
