[drgondog]

You don't read well, nor do you comprehend well.... such tendencies make for not very interesting discourse.

With such obstacles firmly in place it is clear that we are wasting too many cycles...

Suggestion - Play like you are a pilot based at say Abbevile in September 1943. Look at a map, knock yourself out.

If you chose to use Dover as your reference (But fly slightly east to bypass the cliffs) fly approximately 70 miles at whatever airspeed you chose to fly, course approximately 320. Fly this course until you see Calais (the LW side of the Channel). At this point, just suppose you fly at 5000 feet. You can spot Dover across the Cannel. Mark the course to pass east of Dover to ensure you are flying the straight line course you wish to attack Bassingbourn/Steeple Morden ~ 70 miles ?). Dive to the deck over French Coast. Mark your way point as Dover aligns 90degrees to your 320 heading and stay to 300 feet - increase airspeed to say 280 TAS for 15 minutes and search visually for signs of 322bg, 386 bg, 4Fg, 55fg then 355th fg and 91st bg. They arer all along that course in the final 5 minutes of the dash northwest.

If there is a partial moon, perhaps you get reflection from NMF aircraft that are ALL out in the open. See a few? adjust course slightly, arm your weapons, make one pass - two max and take a variable course to the east to confuse possible trailing aircraft trying to shoot you down. Barage ballons will be a hazard so - intelligence will assist in plotting the least dense path - pehaps you fly due north over the Channel to find a well defined Felixstowe on the river and then fly due west. Then you cross 381bg, 78th to 355th and two miles away Bassinbourn.

Wow - you have flown approximately 70 + miles over France and Channel, then 40 miles over the UK inbound to your specific target - with several optional high value treasure troves along the way, and then 40 miles outbound at high speed on the deck back to the Channel. Maybe you are unlucky and hit a ballon or get shot down by flak, but equal chance to spot and hit one out of six airfileds loaded with fuel heavy fighters and bombers.

Equal Wow - you used your compass, your eyes and a watch - pretty sophisticated stuff, I know, but nevertheless equal to the task.

Biggest Wow - only 110 miles approximately from richest target population in Europe.

And you think it is Impossible?

Weather 'minimums'? Stay home. Partial cloud cover and intermittant rain? send more ships -in 15 minute periods/alter course and approach.

Radar see you over Abbevile - then disappear? equally likely that the radar team thinks the aircraft landed - and questions whether or not to vector a nightfighter in that direction. Especially if planned and co-ordinated with a night raid on London.

please don't worry about responding - we are done - take what you want and leave the rest.