Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote in
news:nvektdpievmd3hbhvhu3v1dfj65h1anpki@4ax.com:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:01:28 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> <noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>
>>A very complicated process to shoot
>>down just one bomber, esp at a time when
>>every mission contained hundreds of bombers.
>
> That raises an interesting question. On average, I wonder what the
> bomber kill rate was for traditional German fighters when the allied
> bombers had long range escorts all the way to Berlin?
>
> I also wonder if flak from the German 88's imposed a greater toll on
> the bombers than the German fighters?
My dad's squadron (B-26's) feared flak
much more than fighters. At least you could
shoot back at fighters and sometime you had
escort fighters to keep them busy. Flax was
just a section of sky filled with shrapnel
you had to fly thru to reach the target.
No evasion, you just hope your plane is
luckier than the next guys'.
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