ubject: More long-range Spitfires and daylight Bomber Command raids,
From: Juvat
Date: 9/2/03 10:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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Guy posted:

You, fighters and everyone else flew missions that involved a certain
number
of sorties, effective and ineffective,

to which Art Kramer posted:

Missions that involved sorties???? What does that mean?. I flew all
missions.
No sorties

Art a single takeoff on a combat "mission" is a sortie. All the planes
in your formation constitute "x" number of sorties on that ONE
mission.

We flew 56 Marauders on every mission. Max effort every time.

So....that makes 56 sorties from your outfit on any given mission.
However then you add in all the sorties from other units going on the
SAME mission.

Juvat


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