CREATE TABLE table_203_764 (id DECIMAL, "name" TEXT, "date" DECIMAL, "nation" TEXT, "displacement" TEXT, "speed" TEXT, "number" DECIMAL, "notes" TEXT)

how many consecutive escorts were in 1943 ?
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_203_764 WHERE "date" = '1943'
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "table_203_764" WHERE "date" = '1943'