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To: Homer_J_Simpson
What is IOC?

Initial Operating Capabillty - first Squadron operational

The RAF was one of earliest Air Forces plan long range bombing opertaions. And miniscule as the force was by later standards, in 1938 RAF Bomber Command was probaly the largest strategic bomber force around

42 posted on 04/14/2008 9:53:53 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (So you want to be President - it's like reality TV, only real)
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To: Oztrich Boy
So were the "well-informed aviation experts" misinformed? Hey, just like today's well-informed experts.

From the article:

According to well-informed aviation experts, there is not a single bomber in the Royal Air Force today which is capable of flying to Berlin and back.

43 posted on 04/14/2008 9:58:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson (For events that occurred in 1938, real time is 1938, not 2008.)
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