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They're never going to be able to fly faster than the fighters trying to intercept them though and flying higher makes them less effective at hitting their targ
by rtkwe 7y ago
They're never going to be able to fly faster than the fighters trying to intercept them though and flying higher makes them less effective at hitting their targets requiring more missions and more collateral damage so I'm not sure your plan works out with those factored in.
- mikeash 7y agoFlying faster exposes you to those interceptors for less time and makes it harder for them to reach you before they run out of fuel. As for accuracy, they already had trouble reliably hitting any target smaller than an entire city so I don’t think it would make much difference for that to be a bit worse. But good luck convincing the folks in charge to give up on the idea of “precision” bombing....
- nradov 7y agoMy plan worked fine in practice. Look at the lower loss rates achieved by Mosquitos and similar fast bombers. At that time, fighters had limited endurance at high speed and were barely faster than bombers, so a small increase in bomber speed could make interception effectively impossible. And at higher altitudes the smaller fighters had trouble even turning due to high wing loading. Bombing accuracy was a moot point. None of them were able to reliably hit a target smaller than a city regardless of speed or altitude.
- mannykannot 7y agoBombing accuracy in daylight could be better than that... http://ww2today.com/9th-october-1943-the-marienburg-focke-wulf-plant-raid http://ww2today.com/9th-october-1943-the-marienburg-focke-wu...