- A
bombsight is a
device used by
military aircraft to drop
bombs accurately.
Bombsights, a
feature of
combat aircraft since World War I, were
first found...
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Norden Mk. XV,
known as the
Norden M
series in U.S. Army service, is a
bombsight that was used by the
United States Army Air
Forces (USAAF) and the United...
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autopilot made it
possible for new
bombsights to be used on
military aircraft. The
Norden Bombsight and
Sperry Bombsight were both used
onboard Army and...
- The
Bombsight, Pilot-Directing, Mark III was an inter-war era
bombsight developed by the US Navy to
equip its
bomber aircraft. It was a
development of...
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incorrectly claimed that her hair was used to make the
crosshairs in the
Norden bombsight, a myth
perpetuated by
notable personalities such as
President Ronald...
- The
Estoppey D-series was a line of inter-war era
bombsights developed by
Georges Estoppey of the US Army Air Corps'
McCook Field starting with the D-1...
- The Mark XIV Bomb
Sight was a
bombsight developed by
Royal Air
Force (RAF)
Bomber Command during the
Second World War. It was also
known as the Blackett...
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Lucas van Norden, was a Dutch-American
engineer who
invented the
Norden bombsight.
Norden was born in Semarang, Java.
After attending a
boarding school...
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Force bombsight used in
small numbers during World War II. The
system worked along similar tachometric principles as the more
famous Norden bombsight, but...
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Bomber Command:
Bombsights used on
Lancasters included: Mark IX
Course Setting Bomb
Sight (CSBS). This was an
early preset vector bombsight that involved...
