beyond 4.13

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Music

During WW2, all cities were blacked out, so that would be what pilots would see unless some one was violating the lights out policy. Or the city was already burning from a prior attack.

Additionally, if there are enemy planes nearby, traffic will have (mostly) stopped and anyone not manning an AAA gun will be in an air raid shelter - or at least off the streets.

And that's not counting towns which are near the actual battlefield, where the civilians and livestock are long gone - dead or fled.