Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
I have been reading again about the air war over Germany in WW2. The fight between the RAF and LW is fascinating tho makes for upsetting reading given the casualty rate.
One thing they seldom touch on - except for the book Thin Blue Line - is behaviour of the RAF crews. Maybe the story will never be told but I wonder how many dropped short on purpose. They flew in the dark so no one could see them unload a few 'eggs' on the way so as to lighten the over-burdened plane. Maybe they dropped them as soon as they saw the target burning ahead. A bit like a delivery service... some are good but others will do as little as possible. Obviously this is life and death and who can blame them.
The planners tried to get around creep back by putting the aim point across from the real target.
Other things to ponder. How many bombs hit 'hidden' targets because of the creep back etc? They dispersed manufacturing out of the cities so the RAF could have hit some good targets by accident.
One thing they seldom touch on - except for the book Thin Blue Line - is behaviour of the RAF crews. Maybe the story will never be told but I wonder how many dropped short on purpose. They flew in the dark so no one could see them unload a few 'eggs' on the way so as to lighten the over-burdened plane. Maybe they dropped them as soon as they saw the target burning ahead. A bit like a delivery service... some are good but others will do as little as possible. Obviously this is life and death and who can blame them.
The planners tried to get around creep back by putting the aim point across from the real target.
Other things to ponder. How many bombs hit 'hidden' targets because of the creep back etc? They dispersed manufacturing out of the cities so the RAF could have hit some good targets by accident.