> ...a reasonable chance of getting a significant % of the bombs from one r= aid > within say 100's of metres of the target... >=20 > In daylight, good weather, unopposed, perhaps. The CEP of an >=20 > Allied AF bomb in WW2 was 5 . >=20 > That's roughly 8300 metres, for those unfamiliar with this unit. :) Early on the war this was so, but after about 18 months or so as they worke= d through some of the reasons why bombs were going so far off target, they = were a lot more accurate, especially after the use of Mosquitos for droppin= g markers. Early marking was done by Lancasters I believe. --=20 Scanned by iCritical. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .