Author: George Z. BushGeorge Z. Bush
Date: Dec 7, 2006 09:08
Bombardier wrote:
> On Dec 3, 12:19pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
>> Geoffrey Sinclair wrote:
>>> "Stephen Harding" msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OYnbh.11665$7a2.1515@trndny06...
>>
>>>> Ken S. Tucker wrote:
>>>>> I'm guessing, my impression was that the guys
>>>>> in charge wanted to engage enemy fighters with
>>>>> heavily defensively armed bombers, expecting
>>>>> the bomber would win, I've read B-17's were
>>>>> stripped of bomb load and converted into a pure
>>>>> a escort role. Some notions die hard, so now
>>>>> in hindsight it is good to argue for a massive
>>>>> Mosquito bomber force.
>>>>> I should mention that argument has been done
>>>>> in this group a few years ago.
>>
>>> I would say the USAAF thought the heavily armed bombers
>>> could defend themselves well enough, this was helped by ...
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