Geri wrote:
When the lead bombardier opened his bomb doors, the others followed suit, watching for his bombs to fall, when they too pressed the button, the target receiving a simultaneous rain of bombs half a mile wide and one mile long. So it wasn't carpet bombing?
No it wasn’t, when you compare it to the RAF only being able to get 1 in 3 bombs dropped within FIVE miles of the target before the pathfinders it has to be considered precision for the time. Often the average 8th groups matched the accuracy of the most highly trained RAF specialists as the destruction of the FW plant at Marienburg demonstrated.