Ron Saueracker -> RE: Wrong type air group leaders assigned (12/17/2004 11:05:32 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mogami HI, Leaders change after being exposed to combat. Assign a fighter leader and later he has became a patrol leader since he proved unsuited for fighter command. Assign a bomber leader to a fighter group and after time he is a good fighter leader. There is no such thing as knowing in advance who will do well and who will fail. The listed catagorys are just suggested at that particular time. Only actual combat will filter out leader skills (and develop skills not present when leader is assigned to a group) The same holds true for LCU leaders and Naval Commanders. A surface TF leader assigned to CV TF might develop the skill to command CV TF (or not) When LCU fail to get good results dispite odds check their leaders. I don't remember anything about this, Russ. Is this fact or fantasy? If fact, I kinda like it because nobody really "knew" if leaders were good or notuntil the firing started, despite having been "top Man" in their field prewar. Sooooo.........you are saying that Yamaguchi, Spruance,Mitscher, Halsey etc might turn out to be complete shiite in carrier combat? Seems awfully in depth to be fact to me though. Seems too many more important things have been whitewashed or underdeveloped (surface and land combat, naval logistics etc) for this to have made the cut.
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