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Robert Sveinson wrote:

RAF accuracy was as good if not better than that of
the USAAF if the target was vivible.

Did the USAAF precisely hit any target such as
the TIRPITZ, the Dortmund Ems canal,
the Saumur Tunnel, various Gestapo buildings,
the Antheor Viaduct, Amiens Prison?

Yes.

No! I have never heard of any!

That you haven't heard of any does not mean it didn't occur, it means
you're ignorant.

Then -- with respect -- it seems your place to provide enlightenment.
If Robert Sveinson is ignorant because he has not heard of "any" USAAF
achievements of precision strikes, one bomb per aircraft, in the ETO then
this implies that there were several such strikes. And your calling him
"ignorant" suggests you know of at least two of them.
Where, and when did they occur?


And suddenly it became very quiet.

Reason? The USAF only started using precision bombing in Vietnam (in the
sixties) when they realised that:
1. Carpet bombing did not make them very popular with the local people;
2. Carpet bombing ws not very effective;
3. Precison bombing was the only effective way of taking out specific
targets (the Paul Doumer bridge for instance).

Regards,
Herman