I hate airplanes - Page 2

Kpt. Lehmann · 09-14-05, 04:22 PM

My U-Boat was almost destroyed just west of Brest.

Immediately after linking up with U-Flak... both of us came under attack by TEN B24's... The U-Flak was sunk by first load of wabos before it could even open fire (it tried to...too late due to short range RUb anti-aircraft modifications)

The water was only 50 meters deep... and is what saved me... boat sunk to bottom. Before I had everything under control... I lost 4 crewmen. I took many hits and had to limp back home.

That was the single most terrifying air attack I have dealt with in SH3.

The U-Flak possibly saved me though by soaking up some firepower that would have been spent on me. The DC's came so continuously at one point they sounded like machinegun fire.

AHHHHHH!!!!

... It was my shortest patrol ever... only lasted about 12 hours.

FAdmiral · 09-15-05, 03:05 PM

I am still in the later 1940's so all I see in the way of enemy air is the Hurricanes. My new base is Lorient so I hope my future patrols
are far enough away from those big enemy bombers when in later years.

JIM

DirtyHarry3033 · 09-15-05, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by FAdmiral

I am still in the later 1940's so all I see in the way of enemy air is the Hurricanes. My new base is Lorient so I hope my future patrols
are far enough away from those big enemy bombers when in later years.

I wouldn't count on it, my last patrol from Brest ended in Nov 42, I transferred to Lorient to get my hands on a IXC. Left port on Dec 29, 1942 bound for AE78 and got attacked by a freakin' Catalina before I was 30 miles out to sea

If that's not bad enough, I got hit 4 more times by Sunderlands by the time I reached BF15.

Strange thing is, my last patrol from Oct - Nov 42 from Brest, patrolling back and forth from BF13 - BF15, I could go days without seeing a single plane! And I could usually get away with little or no damage - but now they're tearing me a new orifice if you get my meaning...

Twelvefield · 09-16-05, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Gammel

2 of 4 times i did not make it out of the biscaya bay, one time they bombed me just at the point where my escort turns away. Even did not made it to my diving point. :(

YouÂ´re not the hunter any more, youÂ´re the hunted.

That happened to me too, except out of St. Nazarene. I was told that Rubini's Harbor mod is quite likley responsible for this attack. It really made me mad!

FAdmiral · 09-16-05, 09:14 PM

The moral of this story is: DON'T INSTALL THOSE MODS THAT
GET YOU KILLED !!! .............end of line.........

JIM

Twelvefield · 09-16-05, 10:45 PM

I don't think it's so much the fault of the mods, as it is the recreation of history -- the Allies adapted to the menace of the U-boats and found many new and unfair ways of killing them.

09-14-05, 04:22 PM	#1
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	My U-Boat was almost destroyed just west of Brest. Immediately after linking up with U-Flak... both of us came under attack by TEN B24's... The U-Flak was sunk by first load of wabos before it could even open fire (it tried to...too late due to short range RUb anti-aircraft modifications) The water was only 50 meters deep... and is what saved me... boat sunk to bottom. Before I had everything under control... I lost 4 crewmen. I took many hits and had to limp back home. That was the single most terrifying air attack I have dealt with in SH3. The U-Flak possibly saved me though by soaking up some firepower that would have been spent on me. The DC's came so continuously at one point they sounded like machinegun fire. AHHHHHH!!!! ... It was my shortest patrol ever... only lasted about 12 hours. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

09-15-05, 03:05 PM	#2
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I am still in the later 1940's so all I see in the way of enemy air is the Hurricanes. My new base is Lorient so I hope my future patrols are far enough away from those big enemy bombers when in later years. JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-16-05, 09:14 PM	#5
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The moral of this story is: DON'T INSTALL THOSE MODS THAT GET YOU KILLED !!! .............end of line......... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-16-05, 10:45 PM	#6
Twelvefield Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 186 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't think it's so much the fault of the mods, as it is the recreation of history -- the Allies adapted to the menace of the U-boats and found many new and unfair ways of killing them.