High level bombing questions

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

Target elevation (the correct term ) is very important when level bombing. You need to input the relative altitude above ground or AOG, not altitude above sea level or AOS for your target. In IL2, due to its terrain, those targets usually will not be above 200m AOS and that is rare since the terrain is mostly flat on all maps with very few exceptions. The highest target I ever bombed was MonteCassino on Italy map (600m AOS).

Altitude deviations at airfields on a few of the common stock maps.

~@ Woke up Dead
Its important to know terrain elevation on parts of the maps you are intending to use altitude bombing.

Moscow
North 90m
South 140m

Crimea
South 200-240m

Smolensk
East 160m
North 90m
South 110m
West 40m

Stalingrad
North 200m
South 30m
East 50m
West 100m
Central 110m