Subject: Long-range Spitfires and daylight Bomber Command raids (was:
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From: Guy Alcala

We're talking heavies, Art. Longer missions than the mediums, much more time
(sometimes three hours or more) spent over defended territory, at alitude on

The longer the mission the greater the pilot strain. The tighter the formation
the greater the pilot strain. Heavies rarely flew missions as tight as rhe
mediums did.

acing a much more numerous (and usually more determined) fighter threat.

I see you never flew in a medium that was attacked by fighters have you? Are
you suggesting that the fighters were serious whee they attacked heavies but
just fooling around when they attacked mediums?. Where do you get this crap
from?

Not an option for the heavies, for the reasons I gave above. They flew tight
formation until they'd crossed the coast on the return and started the let
down.

Are you suggesting that they flew as tight to and from the target as they did
on the bomb run? More crap.

Arthur Kramer
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