Posted on 05/23/2019 5:09:10 AM PDT by srmanuel
I have always held that one in high regard...I thought it was well done.
Kevin Bacon is a national treasure - people laugh at the "Seven Degrees Of Bacon" thing overlooking the tremendous work that got him to a living meme.
Check out "The Last Detail" if you haven't seen it.
Not according to our guide. That had been tried earlier - with mixed results. It really messed up whatever it hit - but “friendly fire” proved so likely that tactical use of carpet bombing was not used at Falaise. There was a midair collision between two of the fighters which were strafing the Germans at Falaise, and the jawbone of one of them was only identified in this century . . .A previous tactical use of heavy bombers resulted in the death of an American general, whose class ring was found on a piece of his finger - which is all that is buried in his grave at the American cemetery.
It certainly would’ve been the perfect target, if they had been able to hit it with the heavies. But they didn’t dare try. They didn’t want to get obliterated themselves. Apparently the heavies didn’t dare to fly low enough over such a heavily armed target to be really accurate.
The claims of super accuracy for the Norden bomb sight were hype. A good piece of equipment, doubtless - but inherently subject to limitations which were far more important than the hype would admit of.
Interesting!
That contradicts stuff I have read.
No. The heavies were used, to mixed effect, earlier in the Battle of Normandy. Carpet bombing obliterated whatever it hit, but unfortunately it was all too prone to hit the good guys. One American general’s finger - which had his class ring on it so it was easily identified - is all that is buried in the American cemetery near Omaha Beach (which was used for all American military killed anywhere in Normandy). Subsequent tactical use of heavy bombers was done with extreme caution - and, according to our tour guide, not at all at Falaise.The Norden bombsight was doubtless a fine piece of equipment, but it was subject to inherent limitations and could not remotely live up to the hype. As you would know if you thought for a moment about the transformation which the smart bomb made in military affairs, many decades, and many generations of computerized bombsights, after WWII.
And also unlike many Freepers I don't have any combat experience.Perhaps if I had I'd have a different opinion about the film.
I saw “Black Hawk Down” with my Son-In-Law and daughter (both Army vets). They believed it was very accurate (S-I-L was infantry. He did tours of duty in Iraq and Djibouti).
I can certainly believe it. Kudos to your SIL...
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