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| Picture No | 10692094 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | Effects of varying speeds, wind, and height on bombing 1917 |
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The race for raiding: Problems of bombing for Briton and Boche'. Top, a comparison with a British bomber and a Gotha heavy German bomber. This diagram here shows that it is not straight forward to drop a bomb, you have to consider the trajectory, what the wind, speed and height are. The increase in accuracy to a certain excent neutralised by the rising height to which 'Archibalds' were forcing raiders, made more possible errors.
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| Source | Drawn S. W. Clatworthy in 'The Graphic', 27 October 1917, page 509 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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