I'm a bit late to this thread, but I confess I read Blackdog's wall of text and most of it went right over my head (much like the bombers, lol). Isn't there a way to just drop bombs in the HE111 (etc) manually, without using the bombsight?
I have no idea how to any of the stuff previously mentioned, and spending 45 minutes arsing about with the autopilot and bomb aiming controls is just too much! Does switching off 'realistic bombing' do the trick?
Just had a try with 'realistic bombing' off, loaded up the german attack on airfield quick mission, swapped stukas for HE111's and off I went.....
but there are no bombs in the bomb bay? What on earth is that all about?! Can't bomb without bombs!
Same in the JU88 as well!