Coastal Command should have done so well

Reverie · 06-11-07, 03:10 AM

August '43. BE57. Lone Tramp Steamer struck with Type I amidships.
Steamer unarmed. Prepare to surface for gun action.
One round into the wheelhouse.
Radar detection warning. Twelve signals.
Twelve signals ?
Twelve PBYs.
A few more rounds to the steamer waterline, then to hell with it.
Crash dive.
Aerial bombardment with no regard for the steamer.
This smacks of unreality, and borders on the ludicrous.
And planes tend to do what is known as "spawn" rather than "originate".
Couldn't these things be regulated in quantity, and regulated in their travel time ?
Reverie

06-11-07, 03:10 AM	#1
Reverie Planesman Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 195 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Coastal Command should have done so well August '43. BE57. Lone Tramp Steamer struck with Type I amidships. Steamer unarmed. Prepare to surface for gun action. One round into the wheelhouse. Radar detection warning. Twelve signals. Twelve signals ? Twelve PBYs. A few more rounds to the steamer waterline, then to hell with it. Crash dive. Aerial bombardment with no regard for the steamer. This smacks of unreality, and borders on the ludicrous. And planes tend to do what is known as "spawn" rather than "originate". Couldn't these things be regulated in quantity, and regulated in their travel time ? Reverie