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Area bombing (especially at night) was a tactic invented by and used with considerable frequency by Bomber Command.
The 8th and 15th bombed by day at smaller targets.
The RAF frequently bombed large cities.
Now the key is, if the target is a whole city, then how could you miss. If the target is an itarget away from a city, then hitting the target is tougher. So bombs on small targets is what counts.
Glider said:Dare I say give the USAAF Halifax's and Lancs so they can carry the bombs that do the damage
mosquitoman said:Any unescorted bomber would have been mincemeat against the Luftwaffe in 1942 with the exceptions of the B-29 (too heavily armed) and the Mossie (too fast and high for them)
mosquitoman said:Besides, A Mossie could take the same as a B17
syscom3 said:Actually no, because the flak at these sites was bad enough at 30,000 feet and would be undoubtably worse at the middle altitudes the Lanc and Hali's would need to fly at.
Plus, at least the fighters had a chance to attack the Luftwaffe when they came up to defend these high value targets.