A while now

[Mike Abberton]

Do you have any info on 4E bombers attack height in WW2.

I have been reading Samuel Morrison's History of the US Navy in WW2, and while it USAAF operations are only presented when relevant to a navy history (i.e. direct/indirect support of naval operations), it seems pretty rare that 4E bombers attacked at much below 9,000 feet, at least as of early 1944 (I am in the volume on the Gilberts/Marshalls operations), and much of it was done at altitudes of 15,000 feet or more.

One exception would be skip bombing attacks, but although B-17s were involved in the orginal development of the techniques, most of the skip bombing attacks seem to have been carried out by 2E medium bombers, not 4E. Another exception would be PB4Y (i.e. Navy B-24 Liberator) antisub operations. I have read accounts of them hitting the periscope of the sub they were attacking!

Regarding the CHS mod, I have one game of CHS (as Allies) and one BigB mod game (basically stock with some A2A tweaks, as Japanese) and they seem to play quite differently. A little harder to compare since I am playing two different sides in the two games, but there seems to be a little more flavor in CHS (AKs/APs/TKs of all different sizes, plane types, etc.)