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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...squadron of death-pregnant German Heinkels, going out to work, from a flight of British Blenheims returning from work. Meanwhile the Germans adopted new technique: sending a swift, lone leader at high altitude to lay a smoke trail to the objective, which the bombers followed at out-of-sight altitude. This technique was doubtless devised primarily for the benefit of new, sketchily trained German pilots who are sent out en masse with only rudimentary flight instruments simply to follow-their-leader, get home as best they can after unloading over assigned targets...
...from the air: high-altitude, level-flight bombing, which the U. S. Army Air Corps uses to the exclusion of the diving attack. Returning travelers who saw the daylight raid on Paris, hundreds of other attacks through France, told of hearing raiders so high that they were out of sight in the clear sky. Yet these planes, starting out their campaign by smashing up France's airfields and pursuit resistance, methodically and unspectacularly brought a creeping paralysis to France's communications. Road junctions were reduced to craters, railroad junctions and yards were smashed and littered with wreckage. Military...
Quick was Harold McEnness to surmise that the Germans either had learned the secret of the closely guarded U. S. bombsight, or had developed one of their own. Quick were Army Air Corps officers to say that the U. S. sight was still a U. S. secret. But none doubted that German ingenuity had developed a bombing sight for World War II that was modern, scientific, accurate. Typical level-flight bomber in the medium range (24,900 Ib. fully loaded) is the sleek, two-engined Heinkel He. in K which carries a crew of four, makes bombing a highly coordinated...
Unless German scientists have developed a sight allowing accurate bombing out of turns, glides or climbs, maximum danger period of a Nazi level-flight bomber is in his approach to his target. For coming up to his bomb-release line he must fly in a straight line and at a constant altitude for about 60 seconds (more than three miles at 200 m.p.h.), to give his bombardier time to draw a bead. It is there that he is the best target for the antiaircraft guns. On likeliest directions of approach anti-aircraft guns are most heavily established. The batteries...
Though harried by bomb-dropping Italian warplanes, Sir Andrew chased the Italians until he came within sight of Italy's shores. Then, it being R. N. practice not to contend with shore batteries unless absolutely necessary, and because the day was done. Sir Andrew withdrew. Italian units undoubtedly followed him, but were careful not to catch up. In flat contradiction of the Italians' loud claims, Sir Andrew reported: no British casualties. Furiously the Italians flew after the home-ward-bound British, who again separated into three detachments. Loudly the Italians claimed the enemy had been routed, badly battered...