Since this was so long ago here are some insights for you from the other side of the battlefield.
The 352nd was Single crew in every ground vehicle. I do not think we ever knew that you were multi-crewing the tanks. I know I did not know until I read this thread. Makes total sense now why some of you were able to engage us so quickly when we spotted one another. By Single crewing the tanks we were able to cover more ground more quickly but left us vulnerable to your multi-crewed tanks. We normally had about 4 max in the air and the rest of us were on the ground. Since the battle was for taking ground we almost fully conceded the air war.
I will guarantee it was just as chaotic on our side of the battlefield.
Duckman was your main nemesis in those situations. He is deadly accurate with the Sherman and any of the German tank guns.
I will guarantee you that Deacon was shocked that he took out so many so quickly. Normally his gunnery was and still is pretty suspect.
Lol, I wish our tactics had been that well thought out !!
I can not speak for the rest of the group but I did not know that external view had been enabled during any of our sessions.
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