-> JP>Bloody good thing, too.  Can you imagine how many MILLIONS of
-> rounds JP>were expended in the air war over Europe?  All of which
-> eventually fell JP>to ground.
->
-> And a LOT of people were killed by anti-aircraft fire.  It got so
-> bad, that during the Normandy invasion, troops were forbidden to
-> shoot at German aircraft with small arms.
Interesting.  I was thinking specifically of the rounds fired in
air-to-air combat, not ground to air fire.  Though I'm not real sure
what the practical difference would be, come to think of it.
I can imagine it would have been real frustrating to be strafed and not
be allowed to shoot back.  Good thing we had air superiority over the
beaches.
Regards
John
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