--- Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert J. Chassell wrote: > I had no idea that the US used those sorts of > numbers in their raids - > was this only after Okinawa was taken? Most of the > other airfields used > in the island hopping campaign were barely able to > support a squadron of > B-17s or B-29s. The supply of bombs and fuel to the > airfield(s) for > each raid must have been an enormous undertaking. > Funny how one stray bomb making an Iraqi orphan is a > huge drama > throughout the Western world, and yet less than 60 > years ago we were > carpet bombing entire cities into the ground with > unguided iron bombs. > Now we have to make sure the night watchman doesn't > get hurt when we > take out a specific room in an enemy building... > > Cheers > Russell C.
In the European theatre the 8th Air Force launched its first 1000+ bomber raid in, I believe, late 1942. After that they were fairly routine in Europe and, I would assume, in Japan as well. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
