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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.I agree that in the OTL rapid reinforcement of Ceylon is unlikely but I also think that it wouldn't have taken a very large departure...
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RThere was nothing wrong with Japanese scientists. They were after all the first to develop the magnetron which was the key to...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.Gee, didn't we used to have a forum member who also found everyone else's post to be funny?
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.There was only a dozen or so Swordfish available at Ceylon, but Indomitable and Formidable had 45 Albacores (24+21) between them. The...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.Or SBDs? The losses against Zero escorts were not as severe as it seems, as many Hurricanes were caught during TO on April 5. There's...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.The Aug 7 strike flew from Rabaul and ditched near Shortland Island.
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RIndeed. If there was on thing the Japanese should have acquired from their German allies it's radar tech. Imagine at Coral Sea and...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.On April 9 1942 9 Blenheims bombed the KB, and four were shot down by CAP, near the carriers, for the loss of one Zero, but unluckily...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.Good discussion so far, but we have to remember that the IJN carrier TFs had no AW radars in April 1942, or in May or June 1942 and...
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RSomewhere up thread there was a comment that Hiryu had radar covering at least her after arcs. This is completely incorrect. No IJN...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.The Blenheims took off at 0828 and arrived over the IJN carriers at 1048, so about 250nm or so from base. This is inside the Skuas...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.Yes, and I don't think they had the range to duplicate the Blenheim attack.
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive bombers to Ceylon 1942.IIRC the Chesapeake never operated as a DB due to faulty design of it's dive brakes and the alternative was to lower the LG to act as a...
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RRCAFson replied to the thread Dive-bomber crew skills.The Skua was designed and built expressly to disable and/or sink IJN carriers while it's ability to act as a CAP fighter was a secondary...
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RAs for Britain it needs broken down between the RAF & the FAA. The origins of the Vultee Vengeance lie in a French requirement for 300...
