B-17 & B-24 Bombing Missons: "Target for Today" 1944 US Army Air Forces Training Film World War II
B-17 & B-24 Bombing Missons: "Target for Today" 1944 US Army Air Forces Training Film World War II
That is an interesting 'find', Zoe. Well done again!
Incredible find Zoe.
It makes you feel as if you were in a briefing at the time.
The amount of information will take me some time, and more than one viewing to assimilate.
Just a pity we do not have an R.A.F. equivalent.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Yes there are some good Docos becoming available.
I have that one on a DVD with 3 other similar ones.
I'm pretty shure the bomber crews were a little bit displeased about the film titel.
Being targets by themselves in the skies over Germany...
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Another interesting insight into the period.
Thanks Dave.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
The WGS formation corresponding to a standard 3-ship "bomber box". Lead, low ship down sun, high ship up sun.
Yes, but in reality the altitude differences between the bombers in a box would not be as great as that represented by one peg, Zoe.
Zoe, the maximum altitude for a B-17 is 12 pegs. The service ceiling for a B-17 was 35,000 feet. Ares treats 1 peg as being just off the ground, so each of the remaining eleven pegs will represent over 3000 feet.
The horizontal and vertical scales are different and there is no way to reconcile or combine them. It is a quirk of the game mechanics, which I guess we will have to live with.
Thank you for pointing us to this, Zoe. I just finished watching it. I was not aware of all that went into preparing for such a run, or the issue of setting fuses on the bombs. This was a very informative and enjoyable film. I really liked the graphics.
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