Subject: B-17's and Strategic Bombing (Was:Was D VII a good plane)
From: (WalterM140)
Date: 4/25/04 3:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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USSBS figures.
The USSBS figures have been largely discredited over the years.Looking at the
USSBS Fw190 acceptances by plant, the 1943 peak
in July was 325 , production was between 263 and 325 January to
October 1943 inclusive, then 242 in November, 203 in December,
then 383 in January.
They failed to take into account that fighter production increased because we
switched to oil targets and allowed fighter productio to increase. Without oil
it makes no difference how many fighters they made. They wil never fly. The
USSBS was written by economists, not military men.The RAF was not doing
daylight precision bombing in April and May, 1943. The
USAAF was.
We could afford to. The Brits couldn't Any mission aginst Germany was better
than no mission .
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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