Lord Mountbatten placed an experienced American Tenth Air Force commander in charge of regional air coordination. In this assessment, the appointment corrected weak direction from the existing senior RAF leadership. Penang and other Southeast Asian submarine facilities lacked the enormous concrete pens protecting U-boats in Europe. Allied bombers could therefore attack a more exposed support network, although long distances reduced bomb loads and encouraged the Axis to disperse its facilities.
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Air coordination targeted Penang's exposed support network
An experienced American air commander improved coordination against submarine bases that lacked Europe's massive concrete pens, although distance limited bomber loads.