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Your bomber choice is pretty inflexible... The heavies are great at flattening cities, but have little tactical use. For instance, it was the medium bombers (the B-25 and B-26, for example) that paved the way for the invasion of the continent (taking out the defensive emplacements and railways/bridges the Axis needed to resupply.


They also did serious damage in the Pacific, e.g. the Bismarck Sea.




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