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wdolson -> RE: DBB-c a/c replacements (1/18/2015 11:47:32 PM)
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Wikipedia isn't working for you? The link works for me.
After Operation Leader, the Ranger operated near Iceland for a little while then went back to the US for an overhaul in early 1943.
As for the Caribbean, nobody was too concerned about surface threats. German commerce raiding ended after the Bismarck, though the Tirpitz stayed positioned where it could go commerce raiding which tied down a lot of the Home Fleet to oppose her.
The USN had inland patrol squadrons which looked for sub threats near shore. The game has a bunch of them, they start out with Kingfishers and have weird squadron designations. They all change to VS squadrons in 1943 and they can upgrade to SBDs. The USN also had some of these squadrons in the Caribbean. They only upgraded to SBDs when the SBD supply became plentiful, which was after introduction of the -5.
I think just about every -4 ever built operated in the Pacific at some point in its career minus a few lost during Operation Torch and a few lost in accidents.
Bill
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