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Re: USS MEREDITH (DD 726)
Posted by:
ROBERT M.
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Date: August 28, 2004 03:30AM
michel:
You wrote: "For me the theory of a glider bomb or torpedo is false."
"Although the Germans achieved initial successes, the loss of air superiority signaled the end of Germany's guided bomb program. The last successful Hs 293 (glide bomb) attack was against the Allied Fleet supporting the Anzio beachhead. On 16 February 1944, the Luftwaffe sank the liberty ship ELIHU HALE and the
LCT-35. Additional attacks were attempted without sucess. The
final attempt to sink Allied shipping with the Hs 293 occured during
D-Day at the Normandy beachhead on 6 and 7 June. After these
unsuccessful attacks, and with little hope of further success, the Luftwaffe withdrew the aircraft to Germany and Norway. The entire
German guided bomb program ended on 21 August 1944 when the special bombing units were disbanded."
OK, michel, we can all scrap the possibility of the USS MEREDITH being sunk by a glide bomb..........
Fair winds and calm seas,
ROBERT M.
You wrote: "For me the theory of a glider bomb or torpedo is false."
"Although the Germans achieved initial successes, the loss of air superiority signaled the end of Germany's guided bomb program. The last successful Hs 293 (glide bomb) attack was against the Allied Fleet supporting the Anzio beachhead. On 16 February 1944, the Luftwaffe sank the liberty ship ELIHU HALE and the
LCT-35. Additional attacks were attempted without sucess. The
final attempt to sink Allied shipping with the Hs 293 occured during
D-Day at the Normandy beachhead on 6 and 7 June. After these
unsuccessful attacks, and with little hope of further success, the Luftwaffe withdrew the aircraft to Germany and Norway. The entire
German guided bomb program ended on 21 August 1944 when the special bombing units were disbanded."
OK, michel, we can all scrap the possibility of the USS MEREDITH being sunk by a glide bomb..........
Fair winds and calm seas,
ROBERT M.
