Re: Almighty?

[Robert <wanaki@infi.net>]

Perhaps the indicators you site create a false impression. A significant
loss of aircraft was the result of ground fire, and not air combat. Had the
Communists enjoyed even parity with US and UN Air, air strikes against UN
Forces would have had a significant impact along the UN Front, which never
materialized. From late '51 until the end of the war air defense in N.Korea,
especially around the capital, and some key bridges and railway marshaling
areas, was formidable. 

AMPSOne@aol.com wrote:
> My current data base
> gives total FEAF losses -- USAF, Navy, Marine, FAA/RAN, SAAF, RAAF and others
> -- as 3,041 aircraft of which 1,208 were non-combat and 1,833 were combat
> related. About 400 of those appear to either be air-to-air or air-to-air
> damage related losses. 
>  
>  FEAF had air superiority behind the MLR but only temporarily on the other
> side of it, based on who was flying that day. The significant indicators
> that they did not have air supremacy are the gradual changeover of B-29 mission
> tasks to night operations and in favorable conditions (e.g. weather favoring
> blind bombing with radar as the searchlights were ineffective under such
> conditions.) 
>  
>  Cookie Sewell
>  AMPS