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Anyone watch 'Greyhound' with Tom Hanks yet? I'm watching it now.
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<blockquote data-quote="Corbic" data-source="post: 16455466" data-attributes="member: 171475"><p>This is also why the TBD Devastators got obliterated by Japanese fighter protection. While cutting edge in 1935, by 1940 it was obsolete. </p><p></p><p>With a top speed of 200mph in bombing runs, they'd have to slow to 115mph and ~100m altitude to drop their garbage torpedos. This basically made them easy prey with no possibility to maneuver or defend itself. Crew would also not be able to bail out at that altitude.</p><p></p><p> Devastator crews where under no delusion of their pending doom. Every squadron that saw action got decimated upon enemy contact. One reason the SBDs had the success they did at Midway was because of the distraction the TBDs caused. SBDs slipped past Japanese fighter cover when those planes attacked the TBDs. Much of the ship AA crews also had to resupply following the TBD's failed assault, also reducing the AA the SBDs would face. </p><p></p><p>I always loved the way these looked, especially in the Pre-War colors. Not a single one survived the war, it's considered a "holy grail" aircraft for restoration because of its significance. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1652029[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652030[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652031[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652032[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652033[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corbic, post: 16455466, member: 171475"] This is also why the TBD Devastators got obliterated by Japanese fighter protection. While cutting edge in 1935, by 1940 it was obsolete. With a top speed of 200mph in bombing runs, they'd have to slow to 115mph and ~100m altitude to drop their garbage torpedos. This basically made them easy prey with no possibility to maneuver or defend itself. Crew would also not be able to bail out at that altitude. Devastator crews where under no delusion of their pending doom. Every squadron that saw action got decimated upon enemy contact. One reason the SBDs had the success they did at Midway was because of the distraction the TBDs caused. SBDs slipped past Japanese fighter cover when those planes attacked the TBDs. Much of the ship AA crews also had to resupply following the TBD's failed assault, also reducing the AA the SBDs would face. I always loved the way these looked, especially in the Pre-War colors. Not a single one survived the war, it's considered a "holy grail" aircraft for restoration because of its significance. [ATTACH=full]1652029[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652030[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652031[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652032[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1652033[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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Anyone watch 'Greyhound' with Tom Hanks yet? I'm watching it now.
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