Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: zimerman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Jacob Ben-david Zimmerman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: V-3's (no Bull) Message-ID: <1991Feb21.032524.13278@cbnews.att.com> Date: 21 Feb 91 03:25:24 GMT References: <1991Feb20.054847.3041@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: zimerman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Jacob Ben-david Zimmerman) >From: "Larry W. Jewell" > "We felt the same way about yet another great concrete structure, that >at Mimoyecques, near Calais. It was heavily bombed, and could probably >never have come into action, but we did not divine its exact purpose until --stuff deleted--- > The article goes on the mention that A.H. had the site built even after >the proven failure to distract Bomber Command. For a fun read about Bomber Command vs. V-weapons among other things, including this specific target, have a look at 'The Dam Busters' by, I think, Paul Brickhill. A Bantam War Book, it gives an enjoyable (IMHO) account of 617 Squadron, the Bomber Command 'Special Ops' squadron, who were assembled to throw Barnes Wallis' brainchildren (dam buster, Tallboy, Grand Slam &c) with pinpoint accuracy at special targets. While I can't vouch for the veracity, it *is* fun. -JB ___________ |-In Washington, undercover DEA agents trick mayor || | Marion Barry into licking a toad. -Dave Barry || ||acob Zimmerman!+> INTERNET === | BITnet