On 8 July 2014 02:34, Gordon Williams wrote: > There was a lot of talk about precision bombing but that was more about > politics and funding rather than performance. Throughout the war and > for many decades later if they could just hit part of the city they were > doing as well as they could. Trying to hit a factory was just shear > luck rather than skill. > While there is merit in the claim it also does a grave disservice to both the skill of the best and the results achieved. There is much written by many I'll not go and look it up now but afair Emery and his Mosquitos are worth your researching. Oh OK ... here's one http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/bombercommandattackongestapoheadquarterscopen= hagen.cfm Copenhagen Gestapo HQ raid. 151 Gestapo killed, 30 Danish prisoners released! A very special way of achieving precision - models built from photos with simulated fly throughs. Rooftop (literally) approach. (One aircraft returned with roof tiles lodged between fuselage and tail wheel). I think this was the one with the droll account "A bomb was observed to enter the front door ..." _______________ AIRI "Amiens prison" was another. Wave 1 - target the guards Wave 2 - target the walls. Wave 3 - in reserve - for the prisoners if W1 & W2 failed - the resistance agreed that death by bombing was superior to what was otherwise going to happen to the prisoners. Wave 3 was not needed. Wave 1 removed the mess hall at lunchtime (AFAIR) inside w walled prison complex. A degree of precision was demonstrated. Wave 2 breached the walls in 2 or 3 places. Wave 3 went home.. ___________________ "Dambusters" - a frightful way to achieve "accuracy" _____________ Read eg "Bomber Harris"'s autobiography. Very very very blunt. No hiding tyhe abysmal accuracy early on - and what they did about it and what they achieved and how. And many more. Any one book will not tell the true story. Nor will all the books together :-). R --=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 .