My lucky day

downunder · 12-17-08, 05:53 PM

Well there i was on my attack run through a British convoy, sank 3 C2 cargo's before i attracted the attention of the escorts. As they were bearing down on my position i thought maybe i should dive deeper than periscope depth. I then remembered people saying dont change depth while they are searching for you so i stayed at periscope depth. Well a cat and mouse game started with me doing 1kt and trying to creep away, no luck as i had been detected. I was busy hanging on as my boat was being D/C by two escorts when suddenly it stoped. I went to external veiw to see the Luftwaffe had come to my aid and started attacking the escorts. I thought this was my lucky day, But i think ill buy a lottery ticket when i get back to port as when i looked at my boat underwater this is what i saw.

MINES

I was so lucky i didnt dive deeper.

Red Heat · 12-17-08, 05:58 PM

Well well...those boys from Luftwaffe they cant be out of trouble for to much time...

Good work!

kenijaru · 12-17-08, 06:26 PM

looks like the fly boys bailed you out. I have never seen such a display of force...
consider yourself lucky... and you proved "the old man" wrong. Goering does send planes... once in a while

A Very Super Market · 12-17-08, 06:55 PM

Bah, the flyboys were probably too drunk to stay at the airfield.

Stupid Goering, can't he figure out that we need more boots?

bookworm_020 · 12-17-08, 07:29 PM

At least they did you a favour! Most of the time they show up and rob me of a mechant that I had already damaged and was about to finnish off!

You must have been in shallow water to come across the mines! Were you in the English channel by any chance?:hmm:

downunder · 12-17-08, 08:07 PM

I was in grid BF 28, it was the first time i had ever seen a mine before. Do they catch people out very often? and are they only in shallow water?

A Very Super Market · 12-17-08, 08:12 PM

BF is the Bay of Biscay! Are you saying that you almost ran into your own mines?

downunder · 12-17-08, 08:40 PM

WHAT, they were my mines!! I had just left the port of Brest 5 hrs earlier, when i ran into a british convoy.

A Very Super Market · 12-17-08, 08:43 PM

If its off the coast of England, they are British.

If its not....file a complaint to Doenitz

12-17-08, 05:53 PM	#1
downunder Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 135 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	My lucky day Well there i was on my attack run through a British convoy, sank 3 C2 cargo's before i attracted the attention of the escorts. As they were bearing down on my position i thought maybe i should dive deeper than periscope depth. I then remembered people saying dont change depth while they are searching for you so i stayed at periscope depth. Well a cat and mouse game started with me doing 1kt and trying to creep away, no luck as i had been detected. I was busy hanging on as my boat was being D/C by two escorts when suddenly it stoped. I went to external veiw to see the Luftwaffe had come to my aid and started attacking the escorts. I thought this was my lucky day, But i think ill buy a lottery ticket when i get back to port as when i looked at my boat underwater this is what i saw. MINES I was so lucky i didnt dive deeper. __________________ May your hatches be tight, and your smokes dry. Last edited by downunder; 12-17-08 at 06:23 PM.

12-17-08, 05:58 PM	#2
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Well well...those boys from Luftwaffe they cant be out of trouble for to much time... Good work! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

12-17-08, 06:55 PM	#4
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	Bah, the flyboys were probably too drunk to stay at the airfield. Stupid Goering, can't he figure out that we need more boots? __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

12-17-08, 07:29 PM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	At least they did you a favour! Most of the time they show up and rob me of a mechant that I had already damaged and was about to finnish off! You must have been in shallow water to come across the mines! Were you in the English channel by any chance?:hmm: __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired" Last edited by bookworm_020; 12-17-08 at 07:29 PM.

12-17-08, 08:07 PM	#6
downunder Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 135 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I was in grid BF 28, it was the first time i had ever seen a mine before. Do they catch people out very often? and are they only in shallow water? __________________ May your hatches be tight, and your smokes dry.

12-17-08, 08:12 PM	#7
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	BF is the Bay of Biscay! Are you saying that you almost ran into your own mines? __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

12-17-08, 08:40 PM	#8
downunder Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 135 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	WHAT, they were my mines!! I had just left the port of Brest 5 hrs earlier, when i ran into a british convoy. __________________ May your hatches be tight, and your smokes dry.

12-17-08, 08:43 PM	#9
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	If its off the coast of England, they are British. If its not....file a complaint to Doenitz __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!