Nightjar wrote:
On 18/05/2012 15:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
On 18/05/2012 14:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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statistically the chances of a plane landing on a house are quite slim
BUT of course AA gunnery probably did bring planes down over and into
London, but at night,

Although their main job was not to shoot aircraft down, but to make
accurate bombing difficult and to discourage bombers from entering the
defended zone.

What utter ******** you do talk.

You only need to read a few of the documents from the time to know that
was the job they were expected to do, with shooting down aircraft being
seen as a happy bonus. In September 1940, it took around 20,000 shells
to down one aircraft. Fighters were far more effective at bringing enemy
aircraft down.


it had changed a bit by the wars end with proximity fusing and radar
guiding.

Lets face it, if no one DID get shot down by flak it wasn't much of a
deterrent?

Why not look at te numvers of UK bombers lost to flak and see just how
effective German flak was. Yes, by day with radar guidance, fifhters
were more effective.

But at night flak was what brought bombers down.



Colin Bignell




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