Looking for old post

[Sable]

Hi all, I'm looking for an old post that contained a US Navy report analyzing the cause for planes being shot down(ie pilot killed, engine damaged, %s etc.).  I'm pretty sure it was in here, but it might have been on AGW.  I've spent hours digging through the archives of both and can't seem to find it.  Anybody remember this one?

Sable
352ndFG

[F4UDOA]

Sable,

If you find it please post a link. Sounds like great information.

Just a hint in finding it though. If you know who posted it or anyone specifically in the post you can do a search by member name. It may take a while but you will eventually find it.

[Hooligan]

Its probably a post I made.

Data is from the book:

Aircraft Vulnerability in World War II
A. H. Peterson
Rand Corporation, 1950
Document number # RM-402
This book can be ordered by calling 1-877-584-8642
Or emailing order@rand.org

If you do order it, you need to tell them that you want a bibliography.  There is some very interesting looking stuff in the bibliography.

Some sample information follows:
From page 53

Aircraft lost to hit ratio for hits on components (F4U, F6F, SB2C, TBM, Note: all radial-engined)

From Japanese Aircraft Fire – Sept 44 –August 45

Hit location            # hit   #lost  Loss %

Propellor                  9       0      0
Powerplant                37      23     62.2
Structure                215      23     10.7
Pilot/flight controls     97      74     76.3
Surface Controls          27       0      0
Oil System                27      23     85.3
Fuel System               30      24     80.0
Hydraulic System          35      21     60.0
Electrical System          6       0      0
Other                     18       5     27.8
Total                    501     193     38.5

If I arrange the causes of losses in weighted order:
Hit location            #lost  % cause of total losses
Pilot/flight controls     74     43.0
Fuel System               24     14.0
Powerplant                23     13.4
Oil System                23     13.4
Structure                 23     13.4
Other                      5      2.9

Hooligan

[Sable]

Thankyou Hooligan ... exactly what i was looking for!

Sable

 

Originally posted by Hooligan:
Its probably a post I made.

Data is from the book:

Aircraft Vulnerability in World War II
A. H. Peterson
Rand Corporation, 1950
Document number # RM-402
This book can be ordered by calling 1-877-584-8642
Or emailing order@rand.org

If you do order it, you need to tell them that you want a bibliography.  There is some very interesting looking stuff in the bibliography.

Some sample information follows:
From page 53

Aircraft lost to hit ratio for hits on components (F4U, F6F, SB2C, TBM, Note: all radial-engined)

From Japanese Aircraft Fire – Sept 44 –August 45

Hit location            # hit   #lost  Loss %

Propellor                  9       0      0
Powerplant                37      23     62.2
Structure                215      23     10.7
Pilot/flight controls     97      74     76.3
Surface Controls          27       0      0
Oil System                27      23     85.3
Fuel System               30      24     80.0
Hydraulic System          35      21     60.0
Electrical System          6       0      0
Other                     18       5     27.8
Total                    501     193     38.5

If I arrange the causes of losses in weighted order:
Hit location            #lost  % cause of total losses
Pilot/flight controls     74     43.0
Fuel System               24     14.0
Powerplant                23     13.4
Oil System                23     13.4
Structure                 23     13.4
Other                      5      2.9

Hooligan