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Norden bombsight |
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Norden bombsight [′nȯrd·ən ′bäm‚sīt] (ordnance) A gyroscopically stabilized synchronizing bombsight used mainly for synchronous bombing but useful for fixed-angle bombing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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General Arnold was a true visionary: in 1938, he approved the first order of B-17s, and he was pushing the development of radar and the Norden bombsight. And nothing that had anything to do with the Norden bombsight got out of the vault room without the Mick's OK. With a Norden bombsight on a calm day in a B-17 in a clear sky you could put a bomb within several hundred feet of the intended target. |
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