Recent content by Doug Benton

Good info, and no doubt the bombing had a ruthless effect on German industry ...as the war went on. I was referring to the US raids prior to fighter escorts, and the RAF raids on civilian housing, neither shortened anything. My focus is on the loss of life for the crews, and it was nobodies 2-3...

I knew that 1 and a half or 2 and a half % was way off. The key to seeing the horrible sacrifice was missions over Germany. Those figures are over 20 %. About the same as USAAF without escorts over Germany, until Merlin engined Mustangs were available in force. As an American & a retired...

Almost any WW2 US fighter could fly off a carrier deck to a land airfield. Though I personally love and have flown a several versions of F4U's, according to several WW2/Korean vets ive spoken to will tell you this : the aircraft that the F4U is being referred to as "superior in carrier flight...

Yeager really liked the 190. I believe it was an A-4 and he wrote that he felt so immediately comfortable in it that right after take -off he did a 180, flipped it inverted & did a low level inverted pass down the runway. That's feeling pretty comfortable :). Doug