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I've read {I don't remember the source-it's been 20 years} that USAAF raids in Europe placed 32% of it's bombs within 1000' of it's aiming point.  The RAF supposedly got 40%, but their aiming point was a city and USAAF's aiming point was a factory within the city. 
 
The jet stream was supposed to have made high altitude bombing over Japan problematic.  The wind apparantly blew the bombs all over the place as they fell.
 
We have a nuclear reactor {no longer used} near Sacramento.  The two cooling towers were supposed to have been able to withstand a nuclear detonation between the towers.  I have a hard time believing such.

ORIGINAL: rockmedic109


We have a nuclear reactor {no longer used} near Sacramento.  The two cooling towers were supposed to have been able to withstand a nuclear detonation between the towers.  I have a hard time believing such.

I wish I could do Jim Carey impression as one word comes mind...

REALLY?

ORIGINAL: rockmedic109

I've read {I don't remember the source-it's been 20 years} that USAAF raids in Europe placed 32% of it's bombs within 1000' of it's aiming point. The RAF supposedly got 40%, but their aiming point was a city and USAAF's aiming point was a factory within the city.

The jet stream was supposed to have made high altitude bombing over Japan problematic. The wind apparantly blew the bombs all over the place as they fell.

We have a nuclear reactor {no longer used} near Sacramento. The two cooling towers were supposed to have been able to withstand a nuclear detonation between the towers. I have a hard time believing such.

I wonder how much of that was actually inaccuracy and how much of it was just navigating to a wrong target or mixing up two similar targets and bombing them

ORIGINAL: marioa

What is the best strategy and altitude for air attacks against small objective like troop stacks?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

In witp the best way to attack troops is bombing attacks from 5000ft or less.

Dive bombers also work very well.

ORIGINAL: kisslove

And how will recon flights affect the bombers sucess or will they not? Let's say i bomb Rangoon with B-17 group and recon it with Bleheims. Will it help? Or recon is just for players to know what's present at the enemy base?

recon flights boost detection level. Bombers are not as good as an actual recon plane at raising the detection. You get a chance to raise detection level 1 point for flying a bomber on recon (more if its a recon plane) and also 1 point for an actual bombing attack. The better the detection level the more damage you will do.

The manual is actually quite good on this subject.

you know there seems to be enough interest in this topic and it certainly has generated more questions for me that I'm going to start a new thread and expand the question.  Thank you to everyone that had replied.

ORIGINAL: marioa

What is the best strategy and altitude for air attacks against small objective like troop stacks?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Start out at medium heights to suppress AA and cause disruption. As they run short of supply and get higher disruption, go low. Eventually I want to come in at 100 feet with fighter bomber and 1,000 or 100 with the mediums.