B-17 forward guin positions

The R.A.F. did what was called area bombing, everything was hit in the
general vicinity; whereas the U.S.A.A.F., did daylight precision bombing,
aimed at hitting THE target and thats all.

That was the idea, certainly, but in the end the USAAF did about the
same as the RAF: it bombed cities, including the schools and hospitals
you mentioned. Take note of the March 1945 fire-bombing of Tokyo.

Shucks, sometimes the USAAF didn't even hit the right country. See
"The Day We Bombed Switzerland", for example. (That was B-24s, not
17s, to be sure

Precision was a promise in the 1930s that wasn't realized until the
1990s.

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