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Area target - target an area of a city. Precision target - target specific facility, building or complex. For both the RAF and Eight AF heavy bombers flying at altitude, aiming at a single building ends up with damage to an area (hopefully) around the target. If the aim is to only hit a single...

What is "The LAB"? As noted previously, Coastal Command had been using ASV radar against U-Boats from 1940, with improved systems coming in 1943 and 1944.

They did "mass bombing" against "precision" targets too. Against targets such as transportation and oil facilities. And let's not pretend that Eighth AF "precision" raids were actually precision.

Oboe and Gee-H (and Gee before it) were used for navigation and target marking. They were more accurate than radar/blind bombing, but the range at which they could be used was limited. The move from Lancasters to Mosquitoes carrying them increased the range as the Mosquito could fly higher...

That is not correct. It was used for both area and precision targets. Not sure that the Norden was more accurate than the Mk XIV in practical terms. The ability for tactical evasion would be useful for individual aiming and bombing, but not for formation bombing. And let's not forget...

Surely it could be used at night given adequate target marking?

At the start of the Eighth AF campaign in the ETO, bombers would all use the Norden and line up and aim individually. It was soon realised that bombing individually would give the anti-aircraft crews time to adjust their aim and increase their accuracy. To reduce losses, the Eighth AF moved to...

The bent wings were likely from the pull-out from the high speed dive. One wonders where the propeller and reduction gear landed.

The aircraft in post #2 is behind the aircraft in the 2nd photo in the OP?

The engines in F1 may have been replaced for the race in the 1990s, but the power difference would not have been that great. Certainly not like the turbo engines of the 1980s, which could, at their peak, run several hundred horsepower more than they did in qualifying. Even then, qulaifying...

The RAF did do attacks on oil, transportation, etc. There were some statistics posted on the forum somewhere that showed how much it was done - it was more than most people think.

Yep.