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CCIP · 12-01-14, 02:15 PM

Ah, the Swordfish! There's actually a good bit of truth to their suicidal-ness - as you can see in anything from the hunt for the Bismarck to the Channel Dash. In May 1943, the Swordfish of escort carrier HMS Biter actually had to be ordered to stop strafing U-boats after making their depth charge runs, because they were getting themselves badly shot up by flak. The crews' reaction? They were disappointed that they weren't allowed to go after the enemy - losses and risks be damned!

Stringbags indeed took a special suicidal kind of pilots, who were renowned for their paradoxically high morale despite the obsolete planes they flew - the problem with the game AI of course is that it doesn't know when to make them stop.

12-01-14, 02:15 PM	#19
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Ah, the Swordfish! There's actually a good bit of truth to their suicidal-ness - as you can see in anything from the hunt for the Bismarck to the Channel Dash. In May 1943, the Swordfish of escort carrier HMS Biter actually had to be ordered to stop strafing U-boats after making their depth charge runs, because they were getting themselves badly shot up by flak. The crews' reaction? They were disappointed that they weren't allowed to go after the enemy - losses and risks be damned! Stringbags indeed took a special suicidal kind of pilots, who were renowned for their paradoxically high morale despite the obsolete planes they flew - the problem with the game AI of course is that it doesn't know when to make them stop. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)