Who WAS that masked man?

Coyote88 · 02-07-09, 07:23 PM

This seemed odd. It's June 1940 and I'm in AF7897 with my redoubtable Type II, not too far off the Shetland Islands, watching an approaching Granville freighter when two airplanes suddenly appear in my periscope, guns blazing. ALARM! I dive to 60 m. and wait for the bombs, but they don't come. About five minutes later, I hear explosions, my crew cheers, and the sunken ship icon appears on the map (but not credited to me).

So who were those guys? Surely the Germans weren't flying air patrols from Norway that far west, were they? But a German freighter wouldn't be anywhere near Scotland, either. Is there some bug that might have caused the Brits to attack a friendly ship?

We've been out here two weeks without a single target and now this. The crew are furious.

donut · 02-07-09, 07:35 PM

The "Lone Ranger",ate your lunch.

HW3 · 02-07-09, 07:37 PM

Yes they were German. They were probably at their range limit but, they were German.

bigboywooly · 02-07-09, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coyote88

This seemed odd. It's June 1940 and I'm in AF7897 with my redoubtable Type II, not too far off the Shetland Islands, watching an approaching Granville freighter when two airplanes suddenly appear in my periscope, guns blazing. ALARM! I dive to 60 m. and wait for the bombs, but they don't come. About five minutes later, I hear explosions, my crew cheers, and the sunken ship icon appears on the map (but not credited to me).

So who were those guys? Surely the Germans weren't flying air patrols from Norway that far west, were they? But a German freighter wouldn't be anywhere near Scotland, either. Is there some bug that might have caused the Brits to attack a friendly ship?

We've been out here two weeks without a single target and now this. The crew are furious.

GWX ???
As you mention the Granville

Or something else ??

A Very Super Market · 02-07-09, 08:05 PM

Well, maybe they got bored of the Blitz or something. Really, we couldn't understand those flyboys if we tried.

Coyote88 · 02-07-09, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

GWX ???
As you mention the Granville

Or something else ??

GWX 2.1 + SH3 Commander

bigboywooly · 02-07-09, 08:51 PM

Well there is a German bomber base in range
So would either have been JU88s or HE111s
No fighters anywhere near that range

02-07-09, 07:23 PM	#1
Coyote88 Seaman Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cruising the Norwegian coastline Posts: 39 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Who WAS that masked man? This seemed odd. It's June 1940 and I'm in AF7897 with my redoubtable Type II, not too far off the Shetland Islands, watching an approaching Granville freighter when two airplanes suddenly appear in my periscope, guns blazing. ALARM! I dive to 60 m. and wait for the bombs, but they don't come. About five minutes later, I hear explosions, my crew cheers, and the sunken ship icon appears on the map (but not credited to me). So who were those guys? Surely the Germans weren't flying air patrols from Norway that far west, were they? But a German freighter wouldn't be anywhere near Scotland, either. Is there some bug that might have caused the Brits to attack a friendly ship? We've been out here two weeks without a single target and now this. The crew are furious.

02-07-09, 07:35 PM	#2
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard dixiecup The "Lone Ranger",ate your lunch.

02-07-09, 07:37 PM	#3
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Yes they were German. They were probably at their range limit but, they were German. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

02-07-09, 08:05 PM	#5
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, maybe they got bored of the Blitz or something. Really, we couldn't understand those flyboys if we tried. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

02-07-09, 08:51 PM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Well there is a German bomber base in range So would either have been JU88s or HE111s No fighters anywhere near that range __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

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