Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census Bomb Sight makes you discover London during WW2 Luftwaffe Blitz bombing raids, exploring maps, images and memories The Bomb Sight web map and mobile app reveals WW2 bomb census maps between 7 10 1940 and 06 06 1941, previously available only by viewing them in the Reading Room of The National Archives
Bombsight - Wikipedia 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 on purpose-designed bomber aircraft and then moved to fighter-bombers and modern tactical aircraft as those aircraft took up the brunt of the bombing role
Norden M-9 Bombsight - National Museum of the USAF The Norden bombsight was crucial to the success of the U S Army Air Forces' daylight bombing campaign during World War II Initially developed by Carl Norden for the U S Navy, the Army Air Corps acquired its first Norden bombsight in 1932
History of The Norden Bombsight and How It Works Bombsights were devices that combined tools that the bombardier needed to hit their targets successfully The most famous example from the Second World War was the Norden bombsight, designed by Carl Norden in 1931 and sold to the US Navy and the US Army Air Corps
The bombsight war - Rochester Institute of Technology The bombsight war: Norden vs Sperry As the Norden bombsight helped write World War II’s aviation history, The less-known Sperry technology pioneered avionics for all-weather flying Contrary to conventional wisdom, Carl L Norden -- inventor of the classified Norden bombsight used in World War I! -- did not
Old Military — Glenns Computer Museum One of the most famous devices of WW II is the Norden bombsight, often mentioned along with radar and the atomic bomb as the most important technologies in winning the war There is lots of good reference material on the web, including this great site about bombsights
Norden Bombsight - Smithsonian Magazine Carl L Norden’s bombsight calculated a bomb’s drop point based on the delivery aircraft’s speed, range to target, wind, and other variables, causing it to be touted during World War II (among
Norden bombsight - Wikipedia 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 States Navy during World War II, and the United States Air Force in the Korean and the Vietnam Wars