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hECESSARY THAT one considers before every operation which
bombs and wh a t tyming o f the fuse i s th e mos t sui t a bl e for
the various targ ets that are to be hit .
Of par ti cular importance
,
however ,
is the question
that has to be answered
before each opera tion , which is wneth er the tar et shoul d
be attack ed with 1 ,
100 or 2 ,
200 lbs bombs or with
even
heavier ones .
I have had the displ easure to observe that lately these
highly valued , very h eavy bombs were droplaed on secondary
tar ;ets , even when these rere not alternate points .
It is completely wrond to use 1 ,
100 - 1bs bombs and heavier
calibers
f or attacks on enemy aị rfields .
Enemy air fields
s
s ho ul d b e a t t a ck e d pr i .
ma r i l y wi t h 1 1 0 l bs SD aṇ d 8 SC
bombs or vrith 2 .
2 and 4 4 .
lbs incen diaries .
Th e 550 -
1bs bomb should be used as additional weapon
only if strongly constructed ob jectives are also to be attacked ,
such as strong h angars or war fts . F or lo r- l eve l a ttacks an such
t arge ts I ruul a lik e to draw specia l attention to the newly
produced 50 - lbs bombs .
For low- l evel attacks on manuf ac turing plants and sirilạ r
installations one should also use th e 55A -
lbs bom b that was
especially produced far low- l evel attacks on such ob jectives .
In specia l cases heavier bombs aioht be considered as more
appropriate .
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