If not "Happy Times" then what were they called?

dmlavan · 08-24-07, 10:09 AM

I've lived through the glories of the "Happy Days" with several kaleuns, racking up impressive tonnage while losing only a few boats. Now, though, it's late 1943...

We left Bergen, Norway, for our patrol just west of the British Isles. From leaving the fjord to arriving at our assigned area, I think every pilot in the RAF had a go at us. Mosquitos, Wellingtons, PBYs, TBDs, Swordfish (downed 2 of those!), Mosquitos again, and it just never stopped. Then I've been dodging hunter-killer groups. Finally found and sank three individual merchants - and one River-class escort thanks to a new acoustic homing torpedo - and I'm headed home. Seems every British pilot wants to see me off again.

So, if the good times were the "Happy Days", what did they call 1943 and beyond? I've got some choice words for it, but not sure that's what the kaleuns really called it.

08-24-07, 10:09 AM	#1
dmlavan Weps Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 351 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	If not "Happy Times" then what were they called? I've lived through the glories of the "Happy Days" with several kaleuns, racking up impressive tonnage while losing only a few boats. Now, though, it's late 1943... We left Bergen, Norway, for our patrol just west of the British Isles. From leaving the fjord to arriving at our assigned area, I think every pilot in the RAF had a go at us. Mosquitos, Wellingtons, PBYs, TBDs, Swordfish (downed 2 of those!), Mosquitos again, and it just never stopped. Then I've been dodging hunter-killer groups. Finally found and sank three individual merchants - and one River-class escort thanks to a new acoustic homing torpedo - and I'm headed home. Seems every British pilot wants to see me off again. So, if the good times were the "Happy Days", what did they call 1943 and beyond? I've got some choice words for it, but not sure that's what the kaleuns really called it.