On 15 May, daylight bombing was significantly reduced.

The aftermath of the first daylight bombing of the city.

He joined the service in 1942 and commanded a unit that provided forecasts for daylight bombing runs over Germany.

Not until long range escort fighters such as the P-51 Mustang became available in sizeable numbers did daylight bombing become effective.

In his own words: "We did a lot of low-level daylight bombing.

Precision high-altitude daylight bombing was ordered to proceed only when weather permitted or when specific critical targets were not vulnerable to area bombing.

All airforces soon found that daylight bombing resulted in heavy losses since fighter interception became easy and switched to night bombing.

Altogether, 300 aircraft were built in a number of versions for long- and short-range reconnaissance and daylight tactical bombing.

After that, there was some daylight bombing, but mostly away from the center or on the outskirts of the city.

The British date the battle from 10 July to 31 October 1940, which represented the most intense period of daylight bombing.