Here we go again....
The Grumman discussion went on for
YEARS at the UBI IL-2 Forum, without any resolution or understanding of the matter.
I really don't think it is worth the time/effort to re-hash it all again....certainly not for me.
But, you other folks want to speculate endlessly, go for it.
I would suggest, though, that someone start a thread called "GRUMMAN". As it is, this "Malta or Mediterrranean" thread has been definitively "Hijacked".
EDIT: Okay...sorry...NOT hijacked on the
Grumman issue