Smokin Loon. I duplicated (on a smaller scale) the same attack against a city hex using a single formation of B-26's, high speed, high altitude, .40 delay, maximum drop attack this afternoon. After this thread got me thinking about blast radius and damage. The result was impressive. I couldn't count the bomb hits as they scrolled up the screen.
Only now I'm kicking myself in the butt for having wasted so many bombs in the last four months using a medium altitude .05 or .15 delay attack on soft targets. Uuugh ! The irony is I've been flying with a bomber squadron for almost two months, and we've NEVER bombed ANYTHING using a high altitude .40 attack. I don't know if they've even considered "blast" radius effects against soft targets.
What about "delay" and "altitude" against hard targets ? Tell me, have you ever tried the same tactic against a Naval Task Force ? What would happen if you split the bomb load of Lancs into two drops targeting both the CV and Heavy Cruiser in one bomb run ? You might just severely damage every ship in the TF including the destroyers, huh ? Oh Man. What a sight. What do you think the optimum altitude for that attack would be ? Has this ever been tried with multiple formations of bombers ?
See this is why I spend so much time in discussions in the forum. While others recommend training in the TA or flying in the MA with a squadron. You can train in the TA forever, and fly with a squadron for months in the MA and not learn anything NEW. People seem to prefer driving in the ruts and initiative is a rare thing that has to be sought out everywhere. Sometimes even a blind pig finds an acorn.