I gave my sqaudies some bombing advice last Christmas..........
I have been fairly successful at high alt bombing in a Lancaster and thought I’d share some tips. These would apply to all heavy bombers.
I load 14 One thousand pound bombs, set my salvo to 7 and delay to .65. This allows me to release on two targets lined up in my drop zone. After take off I choose an unobstructed flight path over friendly territory and set auto climb. I want to get to 20,000 feet + in altitude. My run is usually at 21,000 feet.
After setting auto climb bake cookies.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup shortening
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Cream sugar, egg, salt and shortening together. Add flour, baking soda and spices. Mix well. Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and roll the balls in sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 5 to 6 minutes
Return to the cockpit and make coarse corrections to line up with your intended target, continue auto climb.
Do Christmas shopping.
Return to cockpit and level plane about 20 miles from target. Open bomb doors and set manifold pressure to 11psi. (Lanc). Speed has to be steady during drop. Your speed should be about 165-170 mph. Enter the forward gun position and max zoom to target. When target becomes visible note its heading and return to the cockpit for last minute coarse corrections to line up two hangers or targets as best as possible. Hit f6 and go to the bomb site and start calibrating. First pull up the map and click on your target, minimize the map and put the crosshairs on your target and keep it there for 30 seconds while holding down your calibration key. Close calibration mode and drop bombs when the crosshairs are just ahead of your target. If all goes well you should get some hits.
Now get the hell out of dodge, go eat cookies and wrap gifts.
Season Greetings
MacGlide
