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Originally Posted by Soldier_Fortune
But, IMHO, the strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific lacks the epic of similar campaigns in the ETW.
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That's the inherent problem with the game - it's at base a simulator best designed to model low altitude, short range, tactical missions on the Eastern Front. High altitude operations are tacked on, and strategic bombing is an afterthought at best.
I'd love to have a 21st century update to the old Microprose game "B-17 Flying Fortress" that accurately models all the complexities of flying strategic, high altitude, heavy bomber missions in the ETO, including things like human factors (frostbite, hypoxia, frosted up windows, guns jammed due to cold, panic, getting lost, crew experience).
I'd happily alternate between running a bomber crew, flying escort fighters, and lining up my staffel to try to knock down a few "dicke auto."
Sadly, nobody seems to want to make that sim.
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Originally Posted by Soldier_Fortune
USA counts 407,000 military KIA only in Europe, and UK counts 403,000; over 100,000 of them were Allied bomber crewmen, and 12,000 bombers were shot down.
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A trick question: Which US service lost more men in WW2, USAAF or USMC? (Mostly) guaranteed to win bar bets with Marines.