Side note: The original ‘chickenpox bomber’ illustration (using the Douglas F-4 Phantom) first appeared in Robert Ball’s 1985 book “The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design”, later refined in the 2nd edition from 2003. He never mentions Wald, Wallis or the SRG in the entire book, so I’m likewise convinced that the “mathematician outsmarts the military” story is pretty much BS.
Side note: The original ‘chickenpox bomber’ illustration (using the Douglas F-4 Phantom) first appeared in Robert Ball’s 1985 book “The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design”, later refined in the 2nd edition from 2003. He never mentions Wald, Wallis or the SRG in the entire book, so I’m likewise convinced that the “mathematician outsmarts the military” story is pretty much BS.