Blackdog_kt, the only time the Mossie carried a bomb load the size of the B-17s was when it was carrying the 4000lb cookie. This was an inaccurate indiscriminate demolition bomb.
Even though Nazi German production of war material increased late in the war, one high up Nazi leader said the SBC reduced overall production by ~30%. The SBC also diverted resources that could have been better used on the front lines and increasing production even more.
Heavy bombing didn't begin until 1944.
1943 - 157,457 ton
1944 - 525,518 ton
As for BC losses - 8,655 (2.58%)
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