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Re: Submarine Aircraft carrier
Posted by: Jack ()
Date: October 03, 2001 02:31PM

<HTML>Oliver,

I am not aware of any German sub that actually carried a plane into position for reconnaise or attack. I know the Germans had a sub/plane conceptual idea, and the Americans a great fear of it, especially of a sub launched attack on NY. The Gremans lacked the means to do it, but who knew that early in the war? The Gremans also played with launching rockets from subs, I believe they actually had primative trials, but such stuff was waylaid by Hitlers decree that all R&D must pay off within one year or be stopped.

The Japanese actually attacked Oregon with sub launched planes, bombed a cannery and lighthouse I think. One of those '1942' movie kinda things. I read the Japanese sub captain's book, but of course cannot remember its name. The book was good, because it was told from a perspective almost never represented.

The US actually launched rockets at Japanese landbased targets, similar to the Japanese Oregon attack. Relatively effective due to massed launches.

Jack</HTML>

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