That without this havoc wreaked largely by the USAAF, RAF Bomber Command
could
not have operated over Germany at all.

Wow! That was an eye-opener of a sentence, as opposed to accurate. Do you
realize that during the BoB, Bomber Command lost more men attacking
continental targets, including Germany, than Fighter Command lost? From
1940-1945, Bomber Command struck the Reich, including Germany itself, almost
without interruption. They were not there because of anything the USAAC was
doing!

v/r
Gordon
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USN SAR

Its always better to lose AN engine, than THE engine.