Recent content by drgondog

Too simplistic. The combination of low loss rate betwee Aug 42 and May 1943, and faulty Intelligence assessments of LW losses attacking 8th AF presented a rational view that a.) losses were at an acceptable rate, b.) loss percentage tracked inversely to the strength of the attacking formations...

Excellent source. Do you have images of the 155gal belly tank? Based on the order size I suspect that it is designed with same lug spacing as US built belly tanks.. and would work With P-47D-2 and D-4 retrofitted wih B-7 racks.

we're discussing a second (non live) discussion, much more source oriented, to get closure on several open questions. Recall that Greg stated that the Kearby Wewak MOH mission was flown to Weak from Moresby. John Brunning corroberates my assertion to/from Lae - a 200mi radius difference an was...

IMO the following thesis was 'under researched' Define deep. Hamburg, Keil, Oschersleben, Kassel, Hannover were 'deep' but not quite same distance as Schweinfurt. Those targets were attacked during Blitz Week 2-3 weeks before Schweinfurt/Regensburg - and reprsent the first use of the Republic...

Yes - all modern aircraft of passenger type have imbedded pressure pumps. Gerg went off on a tangent when I was pressing him on the drop tanks - which until the C-9 pump mounted on drop tank,were all slaved from engine vacuum pump.

The 'Ford'/Brisbane belly tank of 200gal, designed by 26 Depot Squadron at Brisbane and contracted to Ford for 3000 units. It was designed to attach to the same four point suspension as the Republic 200gal paper/composite Ferry tank. The Ford tank was made of steel and was a.) reusable, and b.)...

Geoffrey Sinclair summarized 1942/1943 operations and strategy very well. The only point I would add is that when citations of number of escorts dispatched are made, mental context should modify the statistic to "X number of fighters escorted to and from the German/Netherlands border - or...

HA=Hlesworth. SM-Steeple Morden BO= Boxted. 286** (SM) refers to target distance from Steeple Morden to Duren - in which 3 ships ran out of fuel, compared to sam target from Halesworth for 56th FG of 238mi (fromHA) with same 108gal C/L tank. I used the 56th FG because it had base on coast and...

Clickbait or not, that was the explicit title and subject for debate, as submitted to me in writing by Greg. On the second point - He did say the 200gal Brisbane tank was adequate and cited the 5th AF as the example. Further, Greg maintained that the Republic 200gal Ferry Tank was adequate for...

Mistakes were made. Errors in judgment were made. Lives were lost. There really was a core cadre that believed the bomber (B-17) would get through - when budgets were tight and the dream of strategic bomardment was worthy of a place at the Joint Chief's independent of the Army. Pre-Spanish...

I will summarize on Youtube in future, but will also do so here. First - the Debate was about "P-47 was prevented from bomber escort by Deceipt and Treachery in 1943" The subtopic was that with the Brisbane 200gal tank the P-47 would have been entirely adequate and The P-51 was not only...

My biggest regret was the frequent disconnect when Greg was speaking as I was effing around with my iphone - and also not having access to my notes. I mssed several key statements that just weren't challenged. On that topic, did Greg EVER cite facts regarding Arnold's acts of 'deceipt and...

Actually the Combat Box formation, as defined by creating formation flight assembly to a.) concentrate bombers into a small (er) volume of space to concentrate bomb pattern, b.) create interlocking fields of fire for gunners, c.) 'Stagger' the formations to ensure best possible safetyfrom...

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Agreed - Republic Delivered ONLY the 200 gal bullfrog (Gabreski).