The 4000lb cookie was typically armed in two ways.
One type could meant it could be dropped safe, but as mentioned could explode regardless, the other had a pin removed on the ground and once dropped, would arm itself, so couldn’t be dropped safe.
Given the chance of unintentionally dropping it safe, the safety fork not releasing properly, and that ‘safe’ didnt really work, I think the self arming type was more common later in the war.

The track into Schweinfurt by Bomber Command on Feb 1944 was roughly on bearing 45 degrees, over the target then turn to westward bearing 287 at 50 15’N 10 25’E. I think in practice, the bombers pushed eastward a bit more and were coming on more northerly track, around 35 degrees. Both phases of the raid mostly dropping short, with the majority of the bombs falling south of the river. Looks like Bergrheinfeld and especially around Grafenrheinfeld and the fields east got hammered. I’d check the lidar images for that area.
The aim point seems to be around the government offices/police station/hospital in google maps.

Thanks for posting your threads Sondler 64.

regards,
Greg