They may have affected her bomb load. But on this mission, that point was moot. As they were doing a mapping and recon mission. It was important because the
marines were going to be landing on beaches of the island a couple of days later and they had to have info on terrain and placement of the enemy forces. I
guess they didn't have fighter escort because (a) that would've been an even bigger target and drawn more opposition, or (b) they simply couldn't
spare any.
marines were going to be landing on beaches of the island a couple of days later and they had to have info on terrain and placement of the enemy forces. I
guess they didn't have fighter escort because (a) that would've been an even bigger target and drawn more opposition, or (b) they simply couldn't
spare any.