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Old 04-30-2010, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger View Post
widely used by ONE squadron..
The 339th was made of 3 squadrons: 503rd, 504th and 505th
the average squadron had 12 to 14 plane, so what we're talking about is circa 60 planes (operational and non operational..). If that's not marginal use I don't know how to call it.


There's really no point mate..

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By 3 June sufficient Berger G-3 suits had been obtained from 9th Air Force to equip the 339th Group, who quickly appreciated the benefits and wore the suits on every mission. A larger supply of G-3s was not available until October, but all groups were equipped by November.



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Bear in mind that we don't have things like fatigue factor implemented in the sim (keep on pulling 4-5 Gs for 20 minutes wears you out, diminishing your tolerance)..
4.10 will do that.
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