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Old 03-02-2010, 11:31 PM
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Default APHRODITE operation

This would be cool as hell from the allies side and axis side as well. an APHRODITE operation ( or BQ 7s ) was where they took a war weary B17 or 24...filled the sucker with TNT or another high explosive and flew it via remote control into sub pens or another highly fortified target. In the early days they were actually piloted in the craft and the pilots were to set the controls then bail out...yeah this is how joe kennedy died. most of the missions were botched and ended up under the catogory of "a comedly of errors". BUT would be fun...to fly the drone, to be the luftwaffe and try to bring it down, or be the fighter escort that has to protect and and not get blown up in the process. ON THE other side of the spectrum the nazis had the same kind of deal ( called a mistel) where they piggiebacked a fw 190 or me 109 on the back of a Ju88 full of explosives. their code name was beethoven. it would add a new dimention or and a heck of a lot of fun attacking and defending..... heres some sites where you can see what i am talking about. thanks

http://www.vectorsite.net/twcruz_1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite

http://www.earlytelevision.org/military_tv.html

And while i am on the subject of drones...lets not forget buzz bombs V1s. germany shot these unguided low flying drones over england. when they used a pulse jet engine and they were quite distinguishable. and they flew until they ran out of fuel...then just simply went down blowing up everything nearby. if the girls manning the guns along dover didnt get them an RAF flight would have to. somes they would shoot them out of the sky but if that would have caused too much collateral damage the spit and cane pilots would "tip" them...get their wing tip under one of the fins of the V1 and give it a little nudge to aim it out into the north sea or back into the channel....this would be cool and challenging and realistic!
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