Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004 TV Movie)
John Bach: Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Quotes
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower : Traff, what you got?
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory : Early estimates of airborne losses. Assume perfect weather and we go with the full or half-moon, no crosswind at the drop zone, losses could be as low as eight percent. But should any of the elements turn against us, casualties will spiral. It might hit a quarter... or more.
Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith : One in four? What's the split between wounded and dead?
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory : Well, with paratroopers one might as well assume they're all dead. A wounded jumper is a cripple.. and we all know this enemy.