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RE: Was RAF OKM\\\\\\\'s secret weapon?
Posted by: gavin ()
Date: July 03, 2001 08:07AM

<HTML>I\'m not sure I\'m really convinced of this. We will never know because it wasnt tried but I would be suprised if significant direct support of convoys by day by VLR pre radar aircraft would not have been of significant effect as it would have forced and held down significant numbers of Uboats near covoys allowing the convoys to use their greater speed to by pass or shake off threatening boats. Of course the earlier in the day this occured would have had a bearing on the results. Say for example a UBOAT is shadowing a convoy 10nm astern convoy speed 12 knots. As an example If the uboat was sighted and held down from 1200 and assuming sunset was at 1800. Given a speed of say three knots for the sub the convoy would be ahead by 64 miles at 1800. If the uboat then surfaced to chase at say 17 knots it would take 13 hours to catch up. Of course this would be 0700 in time for sunrise and further aircraft. Similar results can be achieved by using course alterations for uboats abeam or ahead of the force. Wouldnt have worked all the time but certainly better than putting the wagons in a circle and plodding on. The diversion of heavy aircraft from bombing cities would also have had the added advantage of saving thousands of allied aircrew lives as well.</HTML>

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Was RAF OKM\'s secret weapon? Gavin 06/30/2001 10:27AM
RE: Was RAF OKM\\\'s secret weapon? Rainer Kolbicz 06/30/2001 10:19PM
RE: Was RAF OKM\\\\\\\'s secret weapon? Tim 06/30/2001 11:19PM
RE: Was RAF OKM\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s secret weapon? Torlef 07/01/2001 05:44AM
RE: Was RAF OKMs secret weapon? Rainer Kolbicz 07/01/2001 07:35PM
German Radar SuperKraut 07/01/2001 09:13PM
Cavity magnetron SuperKraut 07/01/2001 09:16AM
RE: Cavity magnetron kurt 07/02/2001 02:55PM
RE: Cavity magnetron SuperKraut 07/02/2001 08:59PM
RE: Was RAF OKM\\\\\\\'s secret weapon? gavin 07/03/2001 08:07AM
Countermeasures SuperKraut 07/03/2001 09:32AM
RE: Countermeasures gavin 07/04/2001 08:31AM
Bombing survey SuperKraut 07/04/2001 01:26PM
RE: Bombing survey Dietzsch 07/04/2001 02:58PM
Night fighters SuperKraut 07/04/2001 09:01PM
RE: Night fighters Walter M. 07/04/2001 09:32PM
RE: Night fighters SuperKraut 07/05/2001 06:20AM
RE: Night fighters Walter M. 07/05/2001 09:47AM


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