十字弓行动

十字弓行动（Operation Crossbow）是英国皇家空军在二战中的行动，他们拍下欧洲沦陷区内所有地貌，再借着3D立体定位、辨识后，有效摧毁纳粹的导弹，使英军在后续诺曼地登陆时更具威胁，也缩短整个战争的时程。 ^[12]

第二次世界大战 Operation Crossbow 十字弓行动
Strategic bombing campaigns in Europe的一部分
The La Coupole V-2 launch site at Wizernes in France was a "Heavy Crossbow" target
日期 August 1943 – May 2, 1945[1] 地点 Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands 结果 Delayed use but "limited effect" on production[2]
参战方
英国  美国  加拿大	纳粹德国
兵力
Sorties/bomb tonnage: Total: 68,913/122,133[3] RAF: 19,584/72,141 USAAF: 17,211/30,350[4]	V-1 launches: 9,251 [5] (8000 targeting London,[6] 2,448 targetting Antwerp)[7] V-2 launches: 1664, 1402, 76, 19, 11 (Ludendorff Bridge)
伤亡与损失
Airmen/aircraft: 700 KIA/154[8] British civilians killed/ seriously injured: V-1: 6,184/17,981 V-2: 2,754/6,523[5] French civilians: 3,600 killed, about 10,000 wounded by Allied bombing[9]	V-1: 4,261 destroyed by AA guns (1,878), barrage balloons (231), and fighters (1,846):[10][a] V-2: 51/117 killed/wounded, 48/69 rockets/vehicles damaged[11]

注释

1. Hawker Tempest: 638, de Havilland Mosquito: 428, 喷火战斗机: 303, North American P-51 Mustang:232, and others: 158