[Larry]

Some of this is lost in translation! I can only imagine the method of transmitting details of Allied convoys back to Berlin would have been done by Enigma code machines perhaps out of a German consular office or Embassy and these would have been picked up by Allied codebreakers.

I seem to remember reading that convoys avoided sailing in sight of Spain as they knew that there was always a risk of a spy simply observing their movements and reporting them.

So if flights were made how did they find the convoys out to sea? Did they fly standing patrols? And also how did they avoid being intercepted by Hurri-cats or carrier aircraft.

Are there reports in the FAA or USN archives that allied fighters were vectored on to such aircraft and then called off their attack once they saw the Spanish civi aircraft markings. Any aircraft that when too near a RN ship was usually fired on whether or not it was hostile