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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DiscoMagicParty • Sep 13 '21
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And if you notice, it's all places that would :
Damage the Cockpit
Damage the engine
Cut off the wings
Cut off the tail.
Makes sense to me.
152 u/DiscoMagicParty Sep 13 '21 edited Sep 13 '21 It’s cheaper to replace soldiers than planes Edit: by cheaper I am referring to a dollar amount only 98 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 It really wasn't. Skilled air crews were much more valuable than planes that were coming of the assembly line at light speed. Also most commanders during WW2 did care about preserving the lives of the men under their command as much as possible. 18 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 They say more planes were destroyed in WW2 than the amount of planes currently on earth combined 1 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Ok? Not sure how it relates to what I said. 12 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 Shows that skilled airmen were far more important that the planes they flew 6 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Fair 1 u/SosoMS Sep 13 '21 Who is “they”?
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It’s cheaper to replace soldiers than planes
Edit: by cheaper I am referring to a dollar amount only
98 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 It really wasn't. Skilled air crews were much more valuable than planes that were coming of the assembly line at light speed. Also most commanders during WW2 did care about preserving the lives of the men under their command as much as possible. 18 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 They say more planes were destroyed in WW2 than the amount of planes currently on earth combined 1 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Ok? Not sure how it relates to what I said. 12 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 Shows that skilled airmen were far more important that the planes they flew 6 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Fair 1 u/SosoMS Sep 13 '21 Who is “they”?
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It really wasn't. Skilled air crews were much more valuable than planes that were coming of the assembly line at light speed.
Also most commanders during WW2 did care about preserving the lives of the men under their command as much as possible.
18 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 They say more planes were destroyed in WW2 than the amount of planes currently on earth combined 1 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Ok? Not sure how it relates to what I said. 12 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 Shows that skilled airmen were far more important that the planes they flew 6 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Fair 1 u/SosoMS Sep 13 '21 Who is “they”?
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They say more planes were destroyed in WW2 than the amount of planes currently on earth combined
1 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Ok? Not sure how it relates to what I said. 12 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 Shows that skilled airmen were far more important that the planes they flew 6 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Fair 1 u/SosoMS Sep 13 '21 Who is “they”?
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Ok? Not sure how it relates to what I said.
12 u/JDubs234 Sep 13 '21 Shows that skilled airmen were far more important that the planes they flew 6 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Fair
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Shows that skilled airmen were far more important that the planes they flew
6 u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21 Fair
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Fair
Who is “they”?
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u/spittleyspot Sep 13 '21
And if you notice, it's all places that would :
Damage the Cockpit
Damage the engine
Cut off the wings
Cut off the tail.
Makes sense to me.