Okay, so we now know that (a) the Blackburn Botha wasn’t up to scratch, that (b) the Avro Manchester was fitted with a dodgy engine and that (c) the Stirling had a restrictive bomb bay, but were any of these facts disclosed during the war? What was revealed during the war – if anything – about aircraft that failed to meet expectations…?
By: Toddington Ted - 24th March 2005 at 17:01
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Revealed to who?
Aircrew who flew the types and airmen who looked after them would soon be made aware of the deficiencies of the types you mention but I very much doubt that anyone else would be encouraged to know about such things, certainly not the enemy. A country at total war would need to keep these things quiet, the media then, as now, is potentially a weapon of war.
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March 24, 2005 at 4:46 pm