Luftwaffe stole my sinking

Bletchley · 09-21-21, 11:25 AM

Has this ever happened to anyone else?

I had put three torpedoes into a large merchant ship, about 100 miles east of Lowestoft, and as I watched it slowly sinking I saw strikes on it from above and around it in the water. It exploded and sank. I sent off a report after surfacing that evening, but got no credit for the sinking. I think the Luftwaffe must have claimed it first!

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Aktungbby · 09-21-21, 11:31 AM

Bletchley!

back on the surface after 16 years!...

Randomizer · 09-21-21, 12:21 PM

Yup. In CCoM during the first career patrol in the Baltic I was lined up on a Soviet convoy when Luftwaffe dive bombers attacked and wiped it out completely.

For what it's worth, Kondors would occasionally finish off cripples after a convoy battle so it happened in the real world. Besides, if this is the worst thing to happen in your U-Boat career, you are likely to do well.

-C

RConch · 09-22-21, 07:05 AM

Probably happened to everyone-myself included.

blackswan40 · 09-22-21, 11:06 AM

you dont know when your well off them Luftwaffe guys could have dropped thier loads on you instead

CapZap1970 · 09-22-21, 10:55 PM

The Luftwaffe guys are really special, in my last patrol out of Wilhelmshaven 5 planes dropped all their load on a floating mine with my sub at less than 2 Km... Hell of a show!

09-21-21, 11:25 AM	#1
Bletchley Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Winchester, England Posts: 5 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Luftwaffe stole my sinking Has this ever happened to anyone else? I had put three torpedoes into a large merchant ship, about 100 miles east of Lowestoft, and as I watched it slowly sinking I saw strikes on it from above and around it in the water. It exploded and sank. I sent off a report after surfacing that evening, but got no credit for the sinking. I think the Luftwaffe must have claimed it first! Using GWX

09-21-21, 11:31 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,986 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! Bletchley! back on the surface after 16 years!... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-22-21, 07:05 AM	#4
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Probably happened to everyone-myself included. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

09-22-21, 11:06 AM	#5
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	you dont know when your well off them Luftwaffe guys could have dropped thier loads on you instead __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea

09-22-21, 10:55 PM	#6
CapZap1970 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 1,965 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 51	The Luftwaffe guys are really special, in my last patrol out of Wilhelmshaven 5 planes dropped all their load on a floating mine with my sub at less than 2 Km... Hell of a show! __________________

09-21-21, 12:21 PM	#3
Randomizer Weps Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 366 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Yup. In CCoM during the first career patrol in the Baltic I was lined up on a Soviet convoy when Luftwaffe dive bombers attacked and wiped it out completely. For what it's worth, Kondors would occasionally finish off cripples after a convoy battle so it happened in the real world. Besides, if this is the worst thing to happen in your U-Boat career, you are likely to do well. -C