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482d Bombardment Group (Pathfinder) RAF Alconbury, August 1943-May 1945 Attached to: VIII Composite Command, February 1944-January 1945 Composite group with 2 squadrons of B-17s and one of B-24s Conducted Pathfinder missions using H2X radar 812th Bombardment Squadron (B-17) 813th Bombardment Squadron (B-17) 814th Bombardment Squadron (B-24)
The Main Force bombers would then be instructed by the Master Bomber to bomb the colour of the most accurate target indicators. Target indicators could be fuzed for both air and ground burst, the air burst markers – referred to as "sky marking" by the RAF [ 2 ] – resembling bunches of grapes or upturned fir trees when detonated in the air ...
The initial Pathfinder Force was five squadrons, whilst No 8 Group ultimately grew to a strength of 19 squadrons. [2] Whereas the majority of Pathfinder squadrons and personnel were from the Royal Air Force, the group also included No 405 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as well as many individual airmen from the air forces of other ...
The 482d Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 482d Fighter Wing.It is stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.. During World War II, the group was activated in England as the 482d Bombardment Group (Pathfinder), the only Eighth Air Force radar-equipped pathfinder heavy bomber group.
The Goliath tracked mine (German: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath, "Goliath Light Charge Carrier") was a series of two unmanned ground vehicles used by the German Army as disposable demolition vehicles during World War II.
On 8 September 1936, the British Air Ministry issued Specification P.13/36, which called for a twin-engined medium bomber capable of carrying a bomb load of 3,000 lb (1,400 kg) for 3,000 mi (4,800 km) with a maximum speed of 275 mph (445 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4,600 m); a maximum bomb load of 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) carried over shorter ranges was ...
USAF high level bombing through clouds over North Vietnam, 14 June 1966.An EB-66 tactical jamming aircraft leads four F-105 fighter-bombers as a Pathfinder. Also called synchronous radar bombing or buddy bombing, this method required the EB-66 navigator to use his K-5 radar bombing navigation system to detect the target and send a signal tone to the F-105s to drop their bombs.
During World War II, the squadron was activated in England as the 812th Bombardment Squadron (Pathfinder). Its Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft were equipped with first generation radars to guide other bombardment units to targets obscured by cloud cover over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation in January ...