[Jon]

Hi Juha
Thanks for the details on the comparative power of the 8 60 pound rockets against the broadside of a light cruiser.....obvioulsy i was incorrect but i still would not wanted to have been on the recieving end of either.

One point we need to remember with the lack of German armour destroyed by air launched rockets is that the German High Commmand always if possible transported tanks by rail, obviously it was faster than them driving and would not require them to have a track change every 100 , 300 miles or what ever it was. As the many camera gun footage films show, trians were "easy" and popular targets for the Fighter Bomber , so this by itself i am sure reduced the number of tanks arriving or at the very least delayed them arriving allowing the American and British/Canadian forces to get the vital foothold in france....and win the war.

Also during a docummentary shown a few years back here in England they showed part of a propoganda film of US soldiers fighting through the hedgerows in Northern France, one American soldier doing a voice over as Fighter Bombers were shown attacking dug in German positions, said something along these lines..."The last thing i remember before i got hit was watching some RAF Typhoons blasting some German trenches and thinking, i sure am glad they are on our side "
This i think sums up 100% the effect the Fighter Bomber had on winning the war.