[Boomerang]

RSwank:

It is clear that the Battle for Berlin was a defeat for Bomber Command. The loss rate on the 24/25 March 1944 raid on Berlin was 8.9%, while the loss rate on the infamous raid on Nuremberg on 30/31 March was 11.9%.

So the diversion of the strategic air forces to tactical missions in support of Overlord came at the right time for Bomer Command.

But, while the effectiveness of the LW's night defences wilted in late 1944 and 1945, Bomber Command's heavy bombers never returned to Berlin. IIRC, BC's loss rate in 1945 was less than 1%.

It seemed unusual to me that BC's heavies never went back to Berlin after March 1944. Bomber Harris never seemed to shirk a challenge.

Anyway, perhaps there was always a better, more cost-effective target than Berlin for Bomber Command's heavies.

Cheers

Don