soc.history.war.world-war-ii

In previous discussions, Geoffrey Sinclair and myself have alluded to
Richard Davis' work, in particular a very useful set of spreadsheets
where most of the Allied bombing raids are listed.

Richard Davis now seems to have put his book online so everyone can
access it. I strongly recommend the spreadsheets as an exceptionally
useful tool for anyone researching the Allied strategic bombing
campaign (only the ETO & MTO forces, though). This proved a very handy
tool to debunk the idiocy of a particular poster claiming that the
USAAF had been snow-white pure and walked on water, and would have
been similarly useful had it been available when the Bomber Command
Lonely Hearts Club Band plagued this newsgroup.

The text is available here:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aupress/Books/Davis_B99/Davis_B99.pdf


And the tables are here:

http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aupress/Davis%20CD/Pages/i.htm


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