A History Lesson (for me): Operation Frantic

[Ghost79]

Nearly to the end of this fantastic campaign in the P-47, and something that makes these campaigns standout is the historical accuracy and level of detail. 

For instance, prior to mission 11, I had never heard of operation Frantic (despite many documentaries and much WW2 reading over many years) - just done a read through on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frantic) and wow, what an interesting operation.  Run bombers and their escorts on round trips from UK to USSR and Italy then back to the UK.  Its also interesting to read about the relations between the US and USSR at this time and the growing unease between the 2 being a sign of things to come in the cold war.

 

Not just a campaign, but also a fascinating history lesson, superb .

 

P.S. I find the info from Dogday upon return - namely the runway in use, to be really helpful.  After over an hour airborne its easy to forget which runway you took off from.

Edited 2 hours ago by Ghost79