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Nowhere in the fact sheet presented does it say that My Gal Sal was one of the B-17s that set down on the icecap with the "missing squadron" of P-38s. In fact My Gal Sal was forced down more than two weeks before the P-38 crossing on June 27. Thirteen bombers took off from Labrador for Greenland but encountered weather. 5 returned to Labrador, 5 flew on to Greenland, and 3 were forced down, including My Gal Sal on the icecap. This was not a P-38 navigation escort flight. The P-38s and their escort had taken off from Greenland and were attempting to make Iceland when their situation occurred. The two are separate incidents. The "single-largest loss" (8 airplanes) occurred July 15.--Buckboard 08:52, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slip-sliding away

The more I read through the first half of this article, the more confused I become. "Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name of the United States military troop buildup in Great Britain during World War II in preparation for the initial cross-channel invasion plan known as Operation Roundup" - if Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name etc, what was the code name? Bolero itself? Would it not be better to start the article by saying that "Operation Bolero (officially known as The Bolero Plan, or simply Bolero) was the code name for etc. The operation was carried out in preparation etc. The fleet's lit up etc."? -Ashley Pomeroy 00:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC)