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andqui · 07-20-11, 09:57 AM

I'm sure you do, as do I, but taking two minutes to outline your views doesn't = playing SH4.

For example:
RAF policy used whole cities as targets. RAF bombers flew at night. The goal of an RAF night bomber mission was to put your bombs on the right city and return to base. Most bombs dropped in these missions landed on the city, but there were still a significant % of misses. Until RAF bombers got a combination of Oboe blind bombing aids and look-down ground targeting radar, hitting a specific 1000 foot radius required a good deal of fortune. Every RAF bomber fly's and drops its bombs independently. RAF bombers at times suffered very heavy losses.

USAAF policy used a 1000 foot radius as a target. USAAF bombers flew in daylight. The goal of the mission was to put as many bombs as possible within that 1000 foot radius and return to base. In good weather, maybe something like 20-30% of the bombs dropped landed within that circle. USAAF bombers flew in tight formation, and the lead plane was responsible for aiming, with the rest dropping on cue. USAAF bombers at times suffered very heavy losses.

That took me three minutes. Some of the stats might be incorrect, I'm going from my memory/understanding. The above leads me to believe that USAAF bombing was more precise and accurate on average. This is independent of destructiveness or mission effectiveness. Is there anything that you can see as wrong?

07-20-11, 09:57 AM	#19
andqui Soundman Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 149 Downloads: 195 Uploads: 0	I'm sure you do, as do I, but taking two minutes to outline your views doesn't = playing SH4. For example: RAF policy used whole cities as targets. RAF bombers flew at night. The goal of an RAF night bomber mission was to put your bombs on the right city and return to base. Most bombs dropped in these missions landed on the city, but there were still a significant % of misses. Until RAF bombers got a combination of Oboe blind bombing aids and look-down ground targeting radar, hitting a specific 1000 foot radius required a good deal of fortune. Every RAF bomber fly's and drops its bombs independently. RAF bombers at times suffered very heavy losses. USAAF policy used a 1000 foot radius as a target. USAAF bombers flew in daylight. The goal of the mission was to put as many bombs as possible within that 1000 foot radius and return to base. In good weather, maybe something like 20-30% of the bombs dropped landed within that circle. USAAF bombers flew in tight formation, and the lead plane was responsible for aiming, with the rest dropping on cue. USAAF bombers at times suffered very heavy losses. That took me three minutes. Some of the stats might be incorrect, I'm going from my memory/understanding. The above leads me to believe that USAAF bombing was more precise and accurate on average. This is independent of destructiveness or mission effectiveness. Is there anything that you can see as wrong?