Answer by b degnan for Did Allied bombers return from enemy airspace with...
Although this questions was about bombers, there's also a dynamic between bombers and fighters with bombs. The bombs on fighters were armed on the runway, and thereby you could not return with bombs...
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The Tallboy bomb was considered so valuable that bomber crews were ordered to return them to base if they could not find the intended target. That was a special case though.For large-scale attacks,...
View ArticleDid Allied bombers return from enemy airspace with undropped bombs?
First episode of new TV series "Masters of the Air" depicts the U.S. 100th Bomb Group’s first combat mission to bomb U-boat pens in Bremen on June 25, 1943. Historical sources I can find only say that...
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Another reason to hold on to the bombs until they were over the sea was that not all of the return route was over Germany and jettisoning bombs over occupied territory for no good reason would not be a...
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The whole Flevopolder, 970 km2, was turned into land after World War 2. During the war this was still water and a lot of bombs were dropped there. Since the area was mostly devoid of military targets...
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