History talk:my little country and my little hero

Abraham · 01-19-06, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TteFAboB

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Originally Posted by Abraham

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Originally Posted by Godvampire

..."The 1ÂºGAVCA flew a total of 445 missions, 2,550 individual sorties and 5,465 combat flight hours, from 11 November 1944 to 4 May 1945. The XXII Tactical Air Command acknowledged the efficiency of the Group by noting that, between 6 to 29 April 1945, it flew only 5% of the total of missions carried out by all squadrons under its control, but destroyed:

- 85% of the ammunition depots, - 36% of the fuel depots, - 28% of the bridges (19% damaged), - 15% of motor vehicles (13% damaged) and - 10% of horse-drawn vehicles (10% damaged)."

Nothing is said about air sorties so, it was a fighter/bomber squad only?

At that time there was very little Luftwaffe air activity over Italy, due to shortages, especially of fuel (and trained pilots). Whatever operational fighters were available were used to defend the Fatherland, so Allied fighters were mostly used in the fighter-bomber role.

I told you wikipedia sucked, there wasn't "very little" Luftwaffe activity in the area they operated in, there was NONE! Not a single encounter with an enemy aircraft.

Who's talking about Wikipedia?
I didn't use it - and seldom do.

There may not have been encounters, but that doesn't mean there was no Luftwaffe activity at all.
If I am wrong, it's my knowledge that sucks...