He should have been; once the war started, Bomber Command couldn't carry out daylight raids without prohibitive losses. And at night, RAF navigation was so bad that as late as 1942, a raid where twenty percent of the bombs fell within six miles of the target was called 'successful'.
But as it came to pass, the air war was important in making the population pay a price. We dont want to do that ever today and as such the mopping up after a battle is more untidy than then.