The low-level, daylight bombing runs by the twin-engine B-25's resulted in relatively light damage to military and industrial targets.
This support started with reconnaissance and artillery co-ordination and later encompassed tactical low-level bombing of enemy ground forces.
The requirement was for low-level bombing and close support.
The bomb's increased air-time, coupled with its (relatively) forgiving safe drop envelope, allowed for very low-level bombing runs at slower speed.
Later in the war pathfinder tactics, radio location, ground mapping radar, and very low-level bombing enabled specific targets to be attacked.
The sight was considered a great advancement on any previous method of low-level bombing, either by eye or with a bombsight.
Israel's air force has practiced low-level bombing runs in recent days, the report said.
The term is used as a counterpart to both World War II dive bombing and low-level bombing.
These effects can be minimized by reducing the fall time though low-level bombing or by increasing the speed of the bombs.
However, low-level bombing also increases the danger to the bomber from ground-based defences, and accurate bombing from higher altitudes has always been desired.