Aircraft dropped DC detonation depth...

U-Dog · 03-20-06, 11:51 AM

In Operation Drumbeat-great book btw, the British recommended all planes use shallowest possible settings on DCs because they found that 35% of the time part of the U-boat was still visible at time of DC release and another 15% of the time the boat had been under water for 30 seconds or less. So this does seem to be accurate. Esp when you consider after the boat was underwater the aircraft had no way of determining its course (unless of course in very clear waters-not likely in the North Atlantic)

03-20-06, 11:51 AM	#5
U-Dog Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 111 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	In Operation Drumbeat-great book btw, the British recommended all planes use shallowest possible settings on DCs because they found that 35% of the time part of the U-boat was still visible at time of DC release and another 15% of the time the boat had been under water for 30 seconds or less. So this does seem to be accurate. Esp when you consider after the boat was underwater the aircraft had no way of determining its course (unless of course in very clear waters-not likely in the North Atlantic)