> 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. >
I can't find my copy of Len Deighton's "Bomber" at the moment, or my other WWII books, so I can't look it up. I do not think such massive bomber raids were at all routine with regard to Japan, because the distances to fly were prohibitive. Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
