Last 24hrs - complete absence of aircraft in bay of biscay,Nov 1st 1942

Paul Riley · 04-30-09, 06:17 AM

What I find strange though is,when breaking out of the bay in my last patrol I was relentlessly harrassed by loads of aircraft,sometimes as frequent as every 15mins when closer to the French coast,yet on this patrol I had the earlier attack about 50-100km west,and now we have absolutely no sightings as far out as 650-700km west,plus one perfect night surface run,which has'nt been done in a while

I could only come to the conclusion that the RAF have sustained heavy losses and were unable to mount much of an effective attack at this time,or there is some major problem with their radar,or that the Germans may have even sabotaged their land based radar sites!

Or as you said,just plain old luck.

Very odd

04-30-09, 06:17 AM	#4
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	What I find strange though is,when breaking out of the bay in my last patrol I was relentlessly harrassed by loads of aircraft,sometimes as frequent as every 15mins when closer to the French coast,yet on this patrol I had the earlier attack about 50-100km west,and now we have absolutely no sightings as far out as 650-700km west,plus one perfect night surface run,which has'nt been done in a while I could only come to the conclusion that the RAF have sustained heavy losses and were unable to mount much of an effective attack at this time,or there is some major problem with their radar,or that the Germans may have even sabotaged their land based radar sites! Or as you said,just plain old luck. Very odd __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes