PBY Catalina and Combat Examples

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Originally Posted by weby

The thing is, against the Japanese the tactic worked because of the lack of radar. Around the Mediterranean where the OP is placing things the probability of eventually being too close to some place with air defense radar is high and then night will not help that much.

It should also be noted that the Germans had on average more anti-air capability included in their ground forces than the Japanese.

Hmm... we're in 1937 so no radar yet. But could WWII era radar detect you at mast height? I was given to understand it would have some trouble, but maybe over the ocean? Not sure. Will research.