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Randy Stead -> RE: Fuel Requests (12/21/2020 3:14:44 AM)
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Would someone be so kind as to inform a new guy what "HR" is in relevance to the resurrected thread, above? I am going to try after posting this to find a thread I think I saw yesterday with a glossary of WitPAE abbreviations.
Speaking of four engine bombers and their historically lamentable lack of precision in ground attack, I recall a joke I heard somewhere a long time ago, about the situation in Normandy. Apologies for those who may have heard it already.
Soldiers were discussing the aptitude of various air forces in tactical support. "When the RAF come over, the Germans duck. When the Luftwaffe come over, the British duck. When the Americans come over, everybody ducks." The joke may have had roots in the war, but it was no joke to those who took casualties from "friendly fire." I recall reading in a book about the launching of Cobra being delayed for a couple of hours to reorganize when some American planes "bombed short" and inflicted 200 or so casualties on the forces spread out on the start line.
I used to play the Avalon Hill board game "Midway" with my brothers and pals back in the 1970s. In that game there was provision for the American player getting to roll a die for a B-17 attack. It happened all too often that with a lucky roll of the die you'd lose a carrier or one of the escorts. After doing some reading we came up with a house rule to not use the B-17 attacks. It's been so long since we played, but it may have been an optional rule to give an inexperienced player of the American side a bit of play balance help.
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