NYGM Tonnage War (official thread)

[Dowly]

Can anyone give some info of how many uboat tried to shoot down planes?

[sergbuto]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Can anyone give some info of how many uboat tried to shoot down planes?

Yes, this would show what kind of efficiency they had to shoot down the plane. But the experience of U-flak boats tells that the efficiency was not likely high.

On the other hand most of the lost-to-aircraft U-boats were probably attacked suddenly by aircrafts with radars so that the crew were not able to properly man the AA guns.