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Re: Вот тут...

>>>>>had found no petrol.
>>>>ну, довольно странно было бы найти на льду озера горючее, однако и сказать, что служба снабжения (мистер Такой-то и мистер Сякой-то) прое***лась тоже нельзя, отсюда такие речевые выкрутасы.
>>>Вроде проблемы были с доставкой из порта.
>>Или озаботиться иными средствами доставки из порта до "ледового аэродрома" по/вдоль ж/д? Но джентльменам не хватало "волшебного пенделя".
>Вот тут немного подробнее про проблемы с базированием в Норвегии:

Основной способ вылететь со службы у Черчилля как раз и заключался в том, чтобы присылать такие простыни с оправданиями вместо предложений по исправлению ситуации. Конечно, при этом часто впадали в другую крайность – предлагали совсем уж фантазийные идеи, но это, по крайней мере, было занимательно, а не скучно. Но я собрал из вашего отчёта наиболее яркие примеры того, как «мистер Такой-то и мистер Сякой-то», планировавшие и снабжавшие операцию, «прое***лись» на самых элементарных вещах:

>having experienced great difficulty in sorting their stores (which were neither listed nor labelled)
>getting the essential items sent forward by the only two lorries which could still be found in Aandalsnes (50km! - B~M)
>Unfortunately, only one inadequate route had been swept from the edge to the runway; this was half a mile long and a foot (!!! - B~M) deep in snow, and the stores had to be conveyed over it on three horse-drawn sledges, intermittently available. The village of Lesjaskog was two miles away, so that even the provision of forage for the horses involved difficulties.
>collected every possible tin, jug, or other container for refuelling
>only two refuelling troughs had been despatched, and the starter trolley could not be used as the batteries were uncharged and no acid had been sent with them.
>the ground staff included only one trained armourer to maintain seventy-two Browning guns for the squadron
>with four maps among eighteen pilots
>When daylight came, carburettors and aircraft controls were frozen stiff, and in the absence of batteries the engines were difficult to start
>many of the ground staff, who were strangers to the unit and unfamiliar with their aircraft
>In these circumstances, it took between one and one-and-a-half hours to refuel and rearm a single machine
>In the afternoon the lake was fast becoming unusable as the bombs broke up the runway (132 craters were counted in the immediate vicinity of the lake); the belted ammunition was exhausted; and unarmed pilots were taking off … by what could only be feint attacks.
>An alternative landing place … The necessary work had been put in hand at midday on the 23rd. … The serviceable aircraft (apart from his own), by this time numbering only four, were moved accordingly, and at midnight the ground staff followed, bringing with them petrol and ammunition and leaving thirteen wrecked aircraft behind. The next day (26th April) …
>Air Ministry was unable to accede to General Paget's requests for heavy-bomber attacks

Так что на “clearly timing” оказались способны исключительно Нибелунги:

>the main enemy onslaught began an hour and a half later. This was clearly timed to coincide with the opening of the land operations at Kvam, in which it was one main function of our own aircraft to give much-needed support.

А умная мысля приходит опосля:

>But there could be only one ending to a situation in which the enemy could attack our sole landing ground with numerically superior forces and almost without intermission, bringing up more dangerous aircraft (Junkers 88s) as the day wore on, and could safely surmise that we had no reinforcements within reach.

Ну и неиспользованные вовремя резервы:

>until the arrival of No. 46 Squadron (Hurricanes), whose commanding officer landed on the evening of the 27th. He urged the Air Ministry to send his squadron at once, accompanied by key ground staff and servicing equipment in flying boats
>There remained the possibility of using No. 254 Squadron (Blenheim Fighters), which had been moved to Hatston in the Orkneys, and from there had succeeded in flying two one-hour patrols by three aircraft over Aandalsnes on the 25th