Re: Space carrier fighter philosphyRe: ADLER TAG AAR

At 18:00 21/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Lets go back a few years and look at WW2, the US fleet was well out of
>aircraft range most of the time. To resupplie the main carriers, they
use
>"Jeep Carriers" or auxillary carriers. If I rember correctly they
looked
>like transport with dozen or so fighters stored on a open deck. These
>ships travled with the main support feet, well behind the main body.
After
>a battle they would move up and unload the fighter. I recall seeing
pixs
>of them moving the planes by crane.

	IIRC during WWII the Brits had carriers running back and forth
doing
aircraft resupply runs to Malta. The carrier would come within aircraft
range of the island and fly off its aircraft so Malta got new planes and
new pilots. Also the Brits had one carrier (HMS Unicorn I think) that
spent
its war carrer (its very late/early and Ive been to the pub) simply
running
aircraft from Britian to carriers and bases in the pacific. I'm not sure
about someone elses post about jeep carriers but I do know that this is
exactly what USS Langley was doing for island bases when she was sunk by
the Japanese early in the war. 
	In short, wartime carriers operate with a minimum of spares and
rely on
"fly-offs" of supporting escort carrriers in the fleet train.

	Tony.
	twilko@ozemail.com.au

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