pasternakski
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ORIGINAL: Kingfisher One can't help but wonder how a successful night bombardment campaign can be sustained if a squadron's first stab at a target results in them being as hopelessly lost as the planes mentioned above. I believe, from what little research into the matter I have done, that the Japanese were far more advanced, at the beginning of the war, both in training and experience, in conducting night air attacks than the Allies. Of course, the Americans learned as they went along (particularly in Europe) how to do this, and refined their equipment and training accordingly, so that they were conducting mass night raids over Japan in 1945. How much better might the Japanese have become had they continued to emphasize this bombing strategy? Who knows? They ran out of planes, pilots, and time before they could find out. The U.S. Navy was, of course, extremely concerned about Japanese night flying capabilities late in the war (witness the carrier squadrons devoted to noght CAP and anti-strike missions). I believe, also, that a number of American ships were hit in night attacks (kamikaze and otherwise), so that their concern was, apparently, justified. As far as representation of night bombing in this game, and how it ought to be changed, if at all? Who knows? Something this speculative ought to be left out (meaning "left as-si"), if (as I tried to point out many posts ago) it can change the play and balance of the game significantly, because, after all, this is "Uncommon Valor," not "Deviant Nighttime Behavior." Unless god pronounces me wrong, of course...
< Message edited by pasternakski -- 7/7/2008 2:47:46 AM >
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Put my faith in the people And the people let me down. So, I turned the other way, And I carry on anyhow.
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