Talk:Big Week

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Text of chronology[edit]

Most of the table text is a verbatim copy of the cited source. I feel this needs attention. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:33, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

strength of forces?[edit]

most other battle articles have a section describing the strength of the forces before the battle. this article needs one too. does anyone have the information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.98.94.248 (talk) 09:46, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please eliminate jargon[edit]

"they claim 14-5-6 Luftwaffe aircraft;" etc. This is meaningless to the average reader, needs to be stated in layman's terms. Rcbutcher (talk) 14:48, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Allied Victory?[edit]

Excuse me but what the fuck? I mean, the losses of about 2,000 Allied airmen killed against 250 German airmen lost means the Allies lost 10 times more men, also in the Aftermath section it is clearly stated that the effects over German industry were "fairly limited"; so how was this an "Allied victory" again? Because it seems like a German victory or an Allied PHYRRIC victory at most, perhaps a review (by someone really knowledgeable) and change of the outcome is in order.

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Harris[edit]

" Arthur "Bomber" Harris resisted contributing RAF Bomber Command so as not to dilute the British "area bombing" offensive." - Harris had a pre-existing Directive and orders from the War Cabinet and the Chief of the Air Staff to carry out the Area Bombing offensive and any new requests that contradicted such orders required specific new orders to be given him whether he approved of the new requests or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.55.68 (talk) 10:59, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

USAAF bomber sorties[edit]

I've been checking this section against a much more detailed breakdown on the USAAF sorties of Big Week on American Air Museum in Britain.

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/mission/8th-air-force-226-big-week-day-1

While not proposing to change everything to align with details on the American Air Museum, some chages should be made to satisfy This section needs expansion with note.

Mission 226 1st Bomb Division, 2 aircraft with battle damage were Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) - 4 KIA 8 WIA 6 RTD.

B-17G #42-31763 "Ten Horsepower", 352BG/510BS in which the pilot had been severely wounded and co-pilot killed. All of the crew baled out except the Navigator, 2LT Walter E. Truemper and Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner, SSGT Archibald Mathies, who made four desperate attempts to land the aircraft, but finally crashed and they and the pilot were killed.

B-17G #42-38109, 305BG/364BS Pilot, 1LT William R. Lawley was severely wounded but managed to return the battle damaged aircraft, 2 critically wounded airmen and a Waist Gunner to make a successful crash landing at Alconbury

Will amend Damaged Beyond repair figure to 2 GazzaLDN (talk) 14:54, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Table of USAAF missions of 24th do not line up with the Sorties of Big Week on American Air Museum in Britain. The numbers differ on the 25th Feb raids n Regensburg & Furth 290 v 267 & 196 v 172

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/mission/8th-air-force-233-big-week-day-5 https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/mission/8th-air-force-235-big-week-day-6

The details on the American Air Museum in Britain do line up with another source used in the artical, which also contradicts the sorties table. https://web.archive.org/web/20080910114040/http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/wwii_combat_chronology.pdf

2/24/44 Eighth AF 231 B-17’s bomb Schweinfurt ball bearing plant (11 losses suffered) while 238 B-24’s hit factory and A/F at Gotha (33 aircraft lost). 236 HBs attack secondary tgt of Rostock due to overcast at primary objectives of Poznan, Tutow, and Krzesiny. 61 HBs attack Eisenach, a T/O. RAF BC follows up with attack during 24/26 Feb of Schweinfurt.

2/25/44 Eighth AF 680 B-17’s and B-24’s bomb airplane factories at Regensburg, Augsburg, and Furth, and ball bearing plant at Stuttgart. This mission is flown in conjunction with Fifteenth AF attack on Regensburg and with major efforts by RAF against Schweinfurt during 24/25 Feb and Augsburg during 25/26 Feb. 31 aircraft are lost. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GazzaLDN (talk • contribs) 17:32, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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