When the RAF pilot goes in the drink...

[Ltbear]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

...what will happen in the game? The pilots never had dinghy's at this stage, and so would either have to swim back to the coast, or wait for a passing ship (if they were very lucky)
Most who went in the drink drowned.
Similarly, many didn't have the kapoks in their life-vest (by choice), or didn't have the stoles in their mae-west inflated enough. An episode in the channel soon changed this, if they were lucky enough to survive.
my question is, will all of this (or at least the dinghy issue) be taken into account in SoW?

for bombers...pigions, look it up...kinda amazing fact that little knows...the Pigion war of ww2

[Sauf]

LOL Interesting, "what did you do in the war grand dad?" " I was a pigeoneer son! and proud of it!"

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Carrier Pigeons of World War II
The Pigeoneers of the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Click Magazine, 1943

Inasmuch as historians may like to refer to World War II as "the first hi-tech war", it must be remembered that some of the most ancient tools were still put to use with the greatest efficiency. The attached article gives a very brief outline concerning the W.W. II use of carrier pigeons and the goings on at Camp Crowder, Missouri, where these birds were trained. Throughout the entire course of the war, 50,000 carrier pigeons were trained by the U.S. Army.

"Since 1400 B.C. these birds have acted as couriers; they are the oldest instruments of war still in use. Although they form only a small part of our tremendous Signal Corps resources, the Army maintains a corps of expert pigeoneers who have rendered their birds, by scientific training and breeding, ten percent stronger than those used in World War One."