Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "Civil Air Patrol - Civilians to the skies!" video.

  1. Yeah ... submarines do not like aircraft in enemy coastal areas. What would be interesting is if there were any mention in U-Boat logs as to how often they saw aircraft and dove to avoid them. Once they realized that these aircraft carried bombs or depth charges - I would imagine that they would take them very seriously. Having a hole put in your submarine off the enemy coast on the far side of the Atlantic doesn't sound like something they would want to happen. The other thing is - just because they may not have actually sunk any submarines - does not mean that they never attacked any of them. Some of the things they attacked could well be whales but that doesn't mean they all were. During World War II, CAP's coastal patrol reportedly flew 24 million miles and sighted 173 enemy U-boats, dropping a total of 82 bombs and depth charges throughout the conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol .
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