In Memory of my grandfather-WWII Vet

alanint · 12-30-2012, 09:56 AM

The Norden Bombsite was a super secret electromechanical site, (The airforce had armed guards escort the sites to and from the bombers when they were removed and in certain missions with a high probability of aircraft loss, such as low altitude raids, the bombsites were stripped from the planes so as not to fall into enemy hands). The Norden's purpose was to calculate aircraft speed, wind speed and direction, altitude, etc. in order to drop the bombs with a certain amount of precision. The Sperry Corporation, who manufactured these, claimed they could "put a bomb in a pickle barrel from 30 Thousand feet".
Then again, that might just be a gas generator in that crate! 8^)

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12-30-2012, 09:56 AM	#18
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	The Norden Bombsite was a super secret electromechanical site, (The airforce had armed guards escort the sites to and from the bombers when they were removed and in certain missions with a high probability of aircraft loss, such as low altitude raids, the bombsites were stripped from the planes so as not to fall into enemy hands). The Norden's purpose was to calculate aircraft speed, wind speed and direction, altitude, etc. in order to drop the bombs with a certain amount of precision. The Sperry Corporation, who manufactured these, claimed they could "put a bomb in a pickle barrel from 30 Thousand feet". Then again, that might just be a gas generator in that crate! 8^)