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Phelgan
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I thought that had been pretty well settled. The common story is that FAA pilots were dropping bombs from below the recommended heights, because of trying to fly below the AAA & SAMs, & the bomb fuses not being re-set accordingly. In other words, the pilots, despite their great flying skill, didn’t know enough about how their weapons worked to know that they should tell the armourers what height they were dropping from, so the armourers would know how to set the bomb fuses. That was humble techie business, beneath their dignity to take notice of.

Yes, I know. The point being that the RN was saved by Argentina’s bomb problem, but this came about in part because the RN was forcing them low in the first place (make you opponent operate where he doesn’t want to / isn’t equipped to).