[Havan_IronOak]

In post #64 on the various campaign dates there is an entry for North Western Approaches that shows a start date of 21 September 1939 with an ending date of 01 April 1940.

On the morning of 28 November 1939 I sank 4 ships just east of the Thames Estuary and high tailed it home because my sub's hull integrity was at about 60% (had a run-in with a tiny escort with machine guns)

Arrived back in Wilhelmshaven on 30 November 1939. Ended my patrol and went into the mission briefing. The date in the upper left corner shows 30 November 1939 (I kinda expected something in early December)
I'm still pretty sure that the Eastern British Coastal Waters mission will be considered completed once the 01 December date is passed.

Question... There is no Iron Cross Mission Icon on the map yet for the North Western Approaches. Shouldn't that be there, even though the Eastern British Coastal Waters mission is still my "current assignment?"

I can try the leaving and coming back trick but I'm just curious.

BTW... several of the dates in that post are a bit wacky

Bases - Memel (31-08-1939 to 01-09-1939) Kiel (02-09-1939 to 31-09-1939) Wilhelmshaven (01-10-1939 to 31-06-1940)
Stock boat issue - VIIA

30 days hath September... ditto for June

Also I heard in a You-tube "Let's Play" that there's a "time machine" that can be used to advance the SH5 game date. Do you have a link? The leaving and coming back trick eats up two weeks on a vanilla set-up. I want to be sure to complete North Western Approaches with plenty of time so as to not miss out on Operation Wesserubung