My current GWX campaign mission (overview)

An overview of my current GWX campaign mission (also using LRT v1.3):

Well, we left St. Nazaire in early 1943 to patrol a grid northwest of Ireland. Were constantly harassed by aircraft and enemy destroyers the whole way to the patrol area. Were lucky enough to sink 4 enemy ships on the way. After a fruitless search in our patrol area, we decided to search an area closer to the Irish coast. We hit an inbound convoy, sinking an enemy pyro ammunition ship and a troop transport. Running low on torpedoes and fuel, we decided to head back to port. Off the southwest coast of Ireland, we were jumped by an enemy Catalina aircraft. With no time to dive, and unable to man the flak guns due to heavy seas, we ran up to flank and wildy zig zagged. It was no use. The Catalina's bombs found their mark. Our damage control team was topside, trying to repair the flak guns when the bombs hit. It was a sight of total disaster. Most of our damage control team on deck were blown to pieces by the bomb explosions. Blood and bodies were everywhere. Damage to our boat was quite heavy, but luckily we encountered no flooding. But some of our equipment was heavily damaged. 27 hours estimated repair time for forward batteries, 40 hours estimated repair time for aft batteries, and 60 hours estimated repair time for radar. Hopefully we won't encounter any more aircraft on our way back to port. We can only hope for the best.