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From: jtchew@csa2.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Guns on bombers (was Re: Dirigibles & airships)
Summary: Dyson's fears (I hate it when it does that...)
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Date: 19 Jun 91 01:02:58 GMT
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From: jtchew@csa2.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
The physicist Freeman Dyson, who spent WWII as an analytical nobody in 
the service of RAF Bomber Command, has some interesting thoughts on the 
armament of Lancasters and presumably other bombers.  In his book
"Disturbing the Universe," he alleges that they might have done
better to abandon "the myth of the valiant gunner defending his mates"
and strip off the gun turrets to save weight and drag.  

His suggestions went nowhere back when they might have done some good,
and we're now straying close to soc.history country, but if you're
interested in the subject you might want to read this book.

--Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"