Archimedes
Did the raids achieve the missions stated purpose? Surely it had one, and that is how the results should be graded. If the bar was set low enough, BB could be considered a success. This isn't a dig at the the folks involved, indeed they were top notch.
I don't fault the RAF for ending up at a point where a max effort yielded one bomb on a runway and overall in a supporting role. It's an indictment of a government that made a decision to allow the RAF to wither.
Last edited by West Coast; 16th Jan 2013 at 01:26.