I was think of the RAF, however, the main lesson of the BoB was that bombing
was not as effective as had been expected. As far as I can tell the USAAF
did not learn this lesson.

This is an over simplified lesson. The biggest lesson the USAAF ignored was the
psychological effect of bombing on civilians. If nothing else, residents of
London and surrounding areas disproved some of Douhet's theorys by maintaining
some sense of order during and after the bombings and by showing up for work
the next morning. The USAAF still believed you could cause the collapse of a
nations morale, and thus the collapse of their war effort by bombing civilians.
Now, much to their credit, very few 8th AF missions were designed as "civilian
morale destruction" missions, but the nature of high altitude bombing in the
1940's meant there was going to be collateral civilian casulties and many in
the USAAF believed this was not a bad thing, but a key to winning the war.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"