Talk:Operation Aphrodite

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Please fact check this merged article to insure that the information is correct, in particular the final section, referring to the number of missions. Pedant 03:30, 2005 July 12 (UTC)

Destructive Radius?

Er, atomic weapons don't have a destructive range of 6 miles, unless we are talking about breaking glass, so I doubt these flying bombs did. Shimbo 13:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion?

I removed the following statement, as it seems to be opinion, not fact:

"About the only explanation for why this complex and unwieldy system was allowed to proceed is that this equipment appealed to the American love of technology, and the deficiencies that made themselves obvious during development were therefore simply ignored."

If it is a quote from somewhere, it should be sourced. Otherwise, it seems to be one person's opinion unbacked by any citations.

CQ17 ?

I am extremely dubious of the CQ17 nomenclature. I know of no such designation and it does not google. Aphrodite missions were controlled from B-24s and the Navy Anvil project ships were controlled from PV-1 Venturas, according to Jack Olsen's "Aphrodite Desperate Mission". Mark Sublette (talk) 16:39, 3 October 2010 (UTC)Mark SubletteMark Sublette (talk) 16:39, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Source regarding deaths from Pr: Aphrodite vs those from nazis

I fiund an odd statement in Business Insider:

"Operation Aphrodite was a huge failure. It killed more American service members than Nazis."

I find that to be a nutty claim, but its a reliable source, nonetheless. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 13:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Caption for second photo

The caption for the second photo reads "After completing 80 missions with the 323rd Bombardment Squadron, Aphrodite B-17F (The Careful Virgin) was used against Mimoyecques but impacted short of target due to controller error". However, this doesn't match the table of missions, which mentions two raids on Mimoyecques. The table states one failed when control was lost, the other (flown by a PB4Y and not a B17) exploded prematurely. Only one instance of operator error is mentioned in the table, but that - according to the table - was a mission flown by a PB4Y. Clearly there is an error somewhere, but it's not clear whether it's in the caption or the table. Bpt848 (talk) 10:45, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]