I agree, World At War is the best, even if some of it isn`t 100% accurate, for example expounding the myth that "it was the RAF wot saved us from...
Have just seen "Surviving Hitler : A love story" on the TV. In some ways it was really uplifting, particularly to read about brave anti Nazi...
Breakdown in communication here. I, and indeed the original authors of the report, weren`t suggesting removal of the defensive armament in order...
The relevant authors of the report [on removing the heavies defensive armament in order to increase their speed] were Freeman Dyson and Mike...
Excuse my ignorance, but what does TTL mean ?
For what it`s worth I think crashes on return from ops should be included, if possible.
Well mhuxt, I think that`s very very interesting, and, more importantly, goes to show how bleedin` brave those BC aircrew were. Personally I...
I`m not suggesting that Mosquitos (is it Mosquitos or Mosquitoes ? ! ? ) bombed during the day. My whole aim in this would be to minimise aircrew...
I have Galland`s autobiography and have read it a few times. Unfortunately it doesn`t have an index*, at least my copy doesn`t, so quoting...
Len Deighton (on Max Hasting`s Bomber Command) : Brilliantly researched......an important contribution to our understanding of the Second World...
I have been tapping away on my calculator using the monthly stats for sorties and missing and crashed from Hastings book. These are for night ops...
Remember a mosquito only used half the number of Merlins as a Lancaster !
Do you have the statistics to break down what the loss rate was for ops over Germany for that period ?
Does that 3.7% include crash damage in Britain ? On the second point we`re talking about Bomber Command here, didn`t I read somewhere that they...
But I`m not suggesting the use of any technology which wasn`t available in the early part of WW2, so I don`t understand your point. I`m suggesting...
Over France maybe. In 1945 maybe. When flying with a heavy top cover of Mustangs maybe. And maybe the odd mission where the fighters didn`t find...
Adolf Galland certainly thought the Mosquitos were highly impressive, and extremely difficult to shoot down, and, one would think, he should know...
According to Hastings a Mosquito "could take a 4000lb bomb to Berlin, and with only the slimmest chance of Germans shooting it down".
Most Japanese Kamikaze squadrons suffered a 100% loss rate. A rather better loss rate was suffered by the little known Italian Kamikaze squadron....
According to Hastings book Bomber Command (p209) the Bomber Command loss rates did not include aircraft crashing in Britain [even if as a result...
