Mark Nakayama

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Postwar Air Force studies would show that the two most difficult industrial targets to hit in the European Theater of Operations were the two largest: synthetic oil plants and oil refineries. Only 29 percent of the bombs aimed at Leuna on clear days landed inside the plant gates; on radar raids the number dropped to 5.1 percent.
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
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