Use of Window on bombing ops
Hi All,
Would anyone (but best bet might be Cliff or Reg) be able to tell me a bit about the use of Window during a bombing operation? I understand that the Flight Engineer often had the task of chucking out the bundles (but did anyone else, like the wireless op, ever take a hand?) but I have not really got an understanding of when during the op it was used. I can understand it being dropped at a prescribed rate (four bundles/minute, two bundles/minute has come to my attention) over particular hot flak areas with radar-predicted guns, but was it restricted to these areas? Did any parts of the main force stream take it in turns to chuck it out along the whole route?
Any clues gratefully received...
Cheers,
Dave