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Originally Posted by rubenandthejets
Hindsight is 20-20.
Bomber Command had their hands full and like the article says "after the war" realised the missed opportunity.
It took the Schweinfurt ball bearing factory raid in 1943 to make the Germans realise the bottlneck in their whole war machine was this single plant, responsible for 80%+ of their production. A couple of follow up raids there would have stopped EVERYTHING by the end of 43.
Here is another missed opportunity for Bomber Command and the 8th Air Force, one they knew about but thought they'd destroyed.
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Hind sight or not, you'd have to believe that between the 8th Airforce, British bomber command, and the 9th tactical Airforce that they could of scaped a few bombers together?
