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RE: How deep below water could a plane spot?
Posted by: Ken Dunn ()
Date: April 09, 2001 04:20PM

Hi Benard,

I can’t speak from experience about spotting U-boats from a plane but it would have to have a lot to do with how clear the water was at the time. As a scuba diver I have seen a couple of days when I could see the U-352 from the surface 110 feet down just by putting my mask in the water. On other days I have seen the visibility at the same site around 20–30 feet. There are a lot of factors that determine the clarity of an ocean at any given moment in time. In general, according to a number of U-boat books I have read, the Mediterranean is clearer than the Atlantic as far as spotting U-boats from the air is concerned.

Regards,

Ken Dunn

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How deep below water could a plane spot? BERNARD ZIMMERMANN 04/09/2001 03:53PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? Ken Dunn 04/09/2001 04:20PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? AL Wellman 04/09/2001 05:39PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? Greg Dorfmeier 04/09/2001 08:23PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? kurt 04/09/2001 09:12PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? J.T. McDaniel 04/10/2001 02:33AM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? AL Wellman 04/13/2001 10:59PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? kurt 04/14/2001 01:51AM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? AL Wellman 04/15/2001 04:33PM
RE: How deep below water could a plane spot? bernard zimmermann 04/11/2001 03:05PM


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