 Later, with the aid of the bombing photographs, it was judged that only 9 per cent of the bomb loads had hit the small target area.Although 5 Group sought to claim that the Pathfinder marking was off, the Pathfinders noted that the off-target strikes were mostly to the north-east.The wind had been from the south-west and Slee's order to the main force to climb another 5,000 feet had lifted the bombers into a stronger wind.