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Tealeaf · 17-10-2006, 09:19

Yeah...very peculiar. I doubt very much if the German bombing route to England was via Ireland, given the need to maximise payload at the expense of fuel. In fact, in simple terms the Germans used the system of flying along the (radio) beams; when these were intersected by a second, it was time for 'bombs away'.

I think there was one incidence of Dublin being bombed; de Valera (the Irish PM) blamed Churchill, claiming he had tricked the Germans into bombing Dublin.

17-10-2006, 09:19	#25
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: What was accrington like during the war? Yeah...very peculiar. I doubt very much if the German bombing route to England was via Ireland, given the need to maximise payload at the expense of fuel. In fact, in simple terms the Germans used the system of flying along the (radio) beams; when these were intersected by a second, it was time for 'bombs away'. I think there was one incidence of Dublin being bombed; de Valera (the Irish PM) blamed Churchill, claiming he had tricked the Germans into bombing Dublin.