Originally Posted by
Timelord
PN
Both “a mile or so “ and “measured in yards” were figures of speech- in fact I suspect that it may have been you doing the measuring!
TL
TL, on the first I was stating the figures, on the latter, banter with an element if truth as there was indeed an improvement in bombing results. A good score of 400 yards didn't look as good when it was passed as 1200 feet.