On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:27:00 +0100, DAN <dan@no.spam.thanks> wrote:
>Black Sunday: 2nd-worst loss on a single USAAF mission: 660 aircrew.
>178 B-24s took off, only 88 made it back to Libya.
>All for "no result" in curtailing output.
In addition to the massive amounts of flak, horrific bombing accuracy
due to IFR conditions on many of the oil raids, the allies were also
plagued by a ridiculous "dud" rate for their explosive ordinance.
Reportedly, both RAF and USAAF dropped a large number of bombs on oil
targets that failed to explode: 19% and 12% respectively.
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