Nice tables you posted Shiva, thanks.
Guys, there are TWO different problems with wind.
Bomb wind drift is taken care of by the bombsight calibration, no problem
but
Cross wind must be taken care of by lining up your TRUE FLIGHT PATH with the target manually. Take a B-26 up just above the wind layer and point it due North, then look down from outside view, you may be in for a supprise bj229r. You can't just point your nose at the target unless you're pointed directly into or away from the wind. It does no good to calibrate your bombsight if you're blown too far down wind to hit anything. See Shiva's excellent explanation but also note our compass seems to be in 6 degree ticks.
BGBMAW, I'll always be disappointed that my initial impact point is only on the cross hairs 1 in 5 times with complete misses about 1 in 5 times.
That said, pick a couple of altitudes you prefer to drop from. Do all your drops from exactly these altitudes from now on. Experiment until you find the maximum performance speed at that altitude for you buff of choice. Then drop from one of those exact altitudes and speeds to eliminate the biggest problem with bombing, the speed changes during the run-in. At 10K, 10 mph speed change = almost 400 ft. missed target, 5 mph, 200 ft etc.
Try dropping just before the hangers front edge with salvo 12, delay .35 and 500 lb bombs until you get better. One FH is better than a wasted trip and two hangers is the best you can expect after lots of practice.
Hope you rain on someones parade:D
