I am on my 3rd bombing mission in my RFC-3 campaign. Out of 6 missions, 3 have been bombing runs. I have not figured out how to identify the target when the objective is a sector. The first 2 bombing missions targeted an airfield which was easy enough to identify.

Today's mission was to bomb enemy troops in a sector named "FrontLinie Abschnitt FF266". This sector appears to be SW of LOOS.

Is there a map or something to identify this sector [and other sectors] more specifically? It seems it would be better to drop the bombs at the same time as the flight leader rather than in a random place in the sector or am I wrong?

I was afraid I would miss the time to drop the bombs so I just let the autopilot fly the bombing run [after a long time practicing formation flying] and the only clue I had was the whistling sound as the bombs fell.

I think it is time to do some more bombing practice in QC on Front Line sectors. I have already done this on airfields and rail yards.

You can use the TAC (shift+t) then zoom in and then press T to cycle to ground objects etc. I am sure the guys here can give you plenty of tips.

actually, if you just let the autopilot fly over the target it will do everything by itself.

I, try to do this real life by flying in "spot" view looking down and guestamating it.

I did let the AI release the bombs for the current mission to bomb enemy troops in a front line sector. I was watching to see where the AI would release the bombs. I never saw anything that looked like a specific target, I just heard the whistle of the bombs falling. I had the TAC set to show "all" with a range of 1.1 nm. I could see the solid blocks that I guess represented enemy units. The AI released in about the middle so I guess that will be my plan for the future.

In this mission, the flight leader was Capt. "Jack" Salmond (HA) and the bombs did get some hits. Maybe he is just better than us plebeians.

In QC missions that have a well defined target, like airfields or railway yards, I have let the generic autopilot in QC release the bombs sometimes and tried to do it myself sometimes. The AI and I are both equally bad.

From my reading, most pilots were pretty bad at bombing in WW1. Of course they had very little training and only the crudest of bomb sights so that is understandable.

When I'm not flight leader I like to tail the leader and release right after him.

Ran a frontline bomb run in March 1915 with FA 47b in a Pfalz 2 seater as flight leader. I did 'spot view' from aprox 22 degree angle from top down. My two squadmates released shortly after me and I didn't have to use the commands to get them to release. Interesting thing is they switched from a 'V' formation to having one tail the other as we approached target.




Rough downward view just after release. Bombs are visible, 4 light blue ones, just below my tail in this pic.





The debriefing showed I destroyed 5 ground targets with 4 bombs. One squadmate hit 2 targets and the other missed.

Hey, if you want to see where your bombs hit...hit the 'W' key just after releasing.
You can pan the view as they fall.