HEAVY LOSSES FOR THE 457TH BG[H]

Some of this is bad luck - but some is due to changes in the rules that heavily disfavour the US side - I have addressed this up to a point but am still not sure it's balanced how I want it to be. It's like all the losses in the BG are suffered by my starring B-17! Up to a point that may be OK - but it is still very heavy.

I have corrected some errors in the ESCORT cover which may have saved a couple of these a/c.

But a loss rate of 100% in a/c and 50% in aircrew is not how I want it to play. I'll have to press on for a while to see if this was a combination of errors and bad luck or if indeed I need to help the US a little.

For a long time the Germans wer unable to damage the B-17s even with ACES and heavily armed fighters - but I changed the mechanics for the AIFT and the balance swung heavily the other way. Then I increased drm for evasive maneuvers and the gunners on the B-17 couldn't hit the bandits! I've compensated for this.

The last 2 losses were freak events or perfect storms in effect.

PS - Another error I just noticed was not changing the BANDIT X dice to the April-June version - which has a much lower basic chance of bandits. More reason to hold off on any re-balancing.