was small the u.s. air force would carry out daytime air raids while the r.a.f. operated at night. the british continue their strategy of competent bombing while the americans wanted to precisely target strategically important industrial and infrastructure sites. the aircraft that would carry out these raids the gigantic be seventeen the flying fortress. yet what the u.s. air force thought was its secret weapon would fit into a carrier back. it was believed so valuable that pilots had orders to keep it locked in a safe between missions. this new technology the norden bombsight. during tests it was able to hit targets on the ground with