calling in air strikes?

Heibges · 08-11-07, 12:49 AM

If I am in a Type II in 1939 in the North Sea off the coast of England, can I call in airstrikes.

I have never seen one myself.

Reverie · 08-11-07, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Heibges

If I am in a Type II in 1939 in the North Sea off the coast of England, can I call in airstrikes.

I have never seen one myself.

Off the coast of England ?

If you get on the wireless, all you're going to do is get popped
by a Fairey Swordfish or a Spitfire. Then a destroyer might come sniffing around.
Reverie

ReM · 08-11-07, 03:18 AM

Off Norway I saw German planes attacking a few times.....even without sending a contact report....they even stole a kill once....

papa_smurf · 08-11-07, 04:27 AM

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Off Norway I saw German planes attacking a few times.....even without sending a contact report....they even stole a kill once....

08-11-2007 07:22 AM

Similar thing happend to me - I ws off the south coast of Ireland in july 1940 hunting a lone large cargo, hit it with 2 torps, didn't sink so was about to finish it off with my deck gun. Next thing 2 condors come in and sink it!!

After this i gave Herr Goering a right earfull

KeptinCranky · 08-11-07, 09:40 AM

worst I've had was about 200km west of Gibraltar, I get a plane spotted! turns out it's one of our Kondor's that's apparently way off course, so it freaked me out it was heading west outbound from Gibraltar as well so i assumed it was hostile, so i crashdived, for a friendly, I did get him to damage a merchie for me by radioing in not 20 minutes later, he turned around and bombed it for me

so if there's a plane or airbase close enough you can make them help you out, same goes for friendly ships, but that's a lot more work and takes a lot longer

Also in the Med near Italy it's easy to get air-support, but you always get more than you bargained for, have seen a bunch of stukas blow up a nice fat passenger liner that I was just about ready to shoot my eels at

Conversely if you sink anything elsewhere in the med it's usually no more than a few minutes before some sort of allied plane shows up, they're very reliable that way

Heibges · 08-11-07, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Reverie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heibges

If I am in a Type II in 1939 in the North Sea off the coast of England, can I call in airstrikes.

I have never seen one myself.

Off the coast of England ?

If you get on the wireless, all you're going to do is get popped
by a Fairey Swordfish or a Spitfire. Then a destroyer might come sniffing around.
Reverie

It would be totally worth it just to see the airstrike.

I really would just love to see one.

Redbear · 08-11-07, 10:02 AM

I haven't seen it yet either. That's partly my fault, I guess. I never seem to remember to radio the contact in.

Klaus_Doldinger · 08-11-07, 10:45 AM

In a "reenactment" patrol I made a few weeks ago (I arranged things to begin my patrol from Trondheim on August 11th, 1941, like the actual U-82) I spotted a small merchant off the coast of Norway, AF59. I didn´t need to request the Luftwaffe; suddenly several JU88s appeared and smashed it with bombs, and I finished it off with half a dozen 8,8 rounds. I don´t know which was the reason for a small merchat to sail so near of Norway in 1941.

Heibges · 08-11-07, 11:07 AM

Has anyone called in an airstrike on a Murmansk Convoy?

Reverie · 08-12-07, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Heibges

Has anyone called in an airstrike on a Murmansk Convoy?

I have yet to live that long...
Reverie

JackSparrow · 08-11-07, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Heibges

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Originally Posted by Reverie

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Originally Posted by Heibges

If I am in a Type II in 1939 in the North Sea off the coast of England, can I call in airstrikes.

I have never seen one myself.

Off the coast of England ?

If you get on the wireless, all you're going to do is get popped
by a Fairey Swordfish or a Spitfire. Then a destroyer might come sniffing around.
Reverie

It would be totally worth it just to see the airstrike.

I really would just love to see one.

Yeah, same here!

mowgli99 · 08-12-07, 01:41 AM

well i have never called one in but i ahve been saved twice by the flyboys. My story is here somsewhere.I was very very gratefull.

JU_88 · 08-12-07, 02:57 AM

Only place Ive them is in the black sea (GWX).... alot of Axis Stukas seem to patrol around there... they are pretty leathal too, and will often wipe out an escort or small merchant in the first pass. Shame it never seems to happen when you being depth charged....

Ive seen German shipping get bombed by allied aircraft a few times though. Just the other day I saw a sunderland unleash its wrath on a hapless fishing boat... sent the poor bugger in to orbit!!

One nice thing about the aircraft AI is that when multiple planes encounter multiple targets, they will break formation and pick one target each - very nice to watch in the external cam.

mowgli99 · 08-12-07, 08:46 PM

I want to witness an allied harbour raid one day.

08-11-07, 12:49 AM	#1
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If I am in a Type II in 1939 in the North Sea off the coast of England, can I call in airstrikes. I have never seen one myself. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

08-11-07, 03:18 AM	#3
ReM Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brewsky, Galore Posts: 618 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Off Norway I saw German planes attacking a few times.....even without sending a contact report....they even stole a kill once.... __________________ Daddy cool

08-11-07, 10:45 AM	#8
Klaus_Doldinger Planesman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madrid, España Posts: 198 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	In a "reenactment" patrol I made a few weeks ago (I arranged things to begin my patrol from Trondheim on August 11th, 1941, like the actual U-82) I spotted a small merchant off the coast of Norway, AF59. I didn´t need to request the Luftwaffe; suddenly several JU88s appeared and smashed it with bombs, and I finished it off with half a dozen 8,8 rounds. I don´t know which was the reason for a small merchat to sail so near of Norway in 1941. __________________ OL zS. Siegfried Rollmann, U 108 in WaW IV, 6th war patrol with GWX 3.0 Gold (111.829 BRT) Lt zS Klaus Doldinger (U 36), 4th war patrol with GWX 3.0 Gold (50.713 BRT) SH3 Cmdr 3.1 GWX 3.0 GWX 16 Km atmosphere GWX no medals on crew GWX open hatch GWX Saint Nazaire, Schleuse and units OLC GUI 1.2.7 Thomsen´s sound Torpedo damage final Rubini´s lifeboats and debris D.i.D.

08-11-07, 11:07 AM	#9
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Has anyone called in an airstrike on a Murmansk Convoy? __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

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08-11-07, 09:40 AM	#5
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	worst I've had was about 200km west of Gibraltar, I get a plane spotted! turns out it's one of our Kondor's that's apparently way off course, so it freaked me out it was heading west outbound from Gibraltar as well so i assumed it was hostile, so i crashdived, for a friendly, I did get him to damage a merchie for me by radioing in not 20 minutes later, he turned around and bombed it for me so if there's a plane or airbase close enough you can make them help you out, same goes for friendly ships, but that's a lot more work and takes a lot longer Also in the Med near Italy it's easy to get air-support, but you always get more than you bargained for, have seen a bunch of stukas blow up a nice fat passenger liner that I was just about ready to shoot my eels at Conversely if you sink anything elsewhere in the med it's usually no more than a few minutes before some sort of allied plane shows up, they're very reliable that way

08-11-07, 10:02 AM	#7
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I haven't seen it yet either. That's partly my fault, I guess. I never seem to remember to radio the contact in.

08-12-07, 01:41 AM	#12
mowgli99 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	well i have never called one in but i ahve been saved twice by the flyboys. My story is here somsewhere.I was very very gratefull.

08-12-07, 02:57 AM	#13
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Only place Ive them is in the black sea (GWX).... alot of Axis Stukas seem to patrol around there... they are pretty leathal too, and will often wipe out an escort or small merchant in the first pass. Shame it never seems to happen when you being depth charged.... Ive seen German shipping get bombed by allied aircraft a few times though. Just the other day I saw a sunderland unleash its wrath on a hapless fishing boat... sent the poor bugger in to orbit!! One nice thing about the aircraft AI is that when multiple planes encounter multiple targets, they will break formation and pick one target each - very nice to watch in the external cam.

08-12-07, 08:46 PM	#14
mowgli99 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I want to witness an allied harbour raid one day.