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From: pv@polari.UUCP (Paul Varn)
Subject: Re: Memphis Belle + 25 Mission Crunch
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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 05:12:35 GMT
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From: pv@polari.UUCP (Paul Varn)

In article <1990Oct24.144039.13195@cbnews.att.com> yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee/;093091;eegrad) writes:
>From: yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee/;093091;eegrad)
>
>One of you may know the history related to bombing missions over Germany
>better than I, but I seem to recall that the finish 25 missions and go
>home policy was not implemented right from the start.
>Question: Are there some unsung 36 mission vets out there who accomplished
>          their feats under an old keep-going-till-you-don't-come-back era?
I live with a pilot who flew B25s in WWII.  He claims that the number of
missions flown berfore "rotation" could be anywhere between 20 - 25 missions.
Rotation could mean just sent to another war zone.  There was also a "point
system" that was used as a joke.  His wing had enough "points" to rotate a whole squadron.

There was another "joke" that your replacement was in training back in the      states.  In kindergarten.
-PV-