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Just watched my favourite war film "A Bridge Too Far", no GCI, . . . when Dickie Attenborough made a film . . . he made one.

Now i'm going on the facts on the film which in turn was based on the book by Cornelious Ryan so apologies if I've got some of the facts wrong but in the film "H" hour is set for 14.30 or for those working on old time, half past two in the afternoon.

What if "H" hour was set for 8.00am instead?

According to the film the drops were 300 miles from the bases which means a C-47 with a average speed of 224 mph could take off and get back, even avoiding flak concentrations in around 4 hours to refuel and resupply.

Not only that, with the operation being in September, it would be light at around 6 O'clock allowing a take off around 5 or earlier similar to D-Day, ie in darkness.

It would thus allow XXX Corp a longer combat time in daylight to engage Axis forces.

Could all 3 drops be made in one day doing this?

How would this affect the operation?

Regards filers
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