The Neptune had precise navigational equipment and accurate optical bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Coons, Chester L.] Reference
Along the way, he taught himself everything worth knowing about the Norden bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Whirlwind] Reference
He was working from radar reports aloi~e with no fancy computing bombsight to think for him. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Bob was F--- on the bombing because we carry frags and his bombsight was not preset for trail. From Wordnik.com. [Ray J. Dunphy] Reference
Our capture in 1945 of a contraption resembling our Norden bombsight was mentioned as a mere anecdote. From Wordnik.com. [Complaint] Reference
What else could warrior states like the US or Israel expect, "view (ing) the world through a bombsight.". From Wordnik.com. [Reviewing Noam Chomsky's New Book: "Interventions"] Reference
Maybe there was a zero error bombsight company, but the company that makes reels now made time bombs for drilling. From Wordnik.com. [Here is your test question for today boys and girls.] Reference
Despite a long rivalry, the two services had decided to standardize on some items, including a precision bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Whirlwind] Reference
When last seen, Stevens the crew's bombardier was in the glass nose of the airplane, crouched over the plane's bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Stevens, Phillip P.] Reference
As Chomsky puts it: "viewing the world through a bombsight will bring further misery and suffering, perhaps even in 'apocalyptic terms.'". From Wordnik.com. [Reviewing Noam Chomsky's New Book: "Interventions"] Reference
Furthermore, until nearly the end of the war, the vaunted “pickle barrel” accuracy claimed for the Norden bombsight was more myth than reality. From Wordnik.com. [Whirlwind] Reference
The bombardier removed the heated cover blanket from the bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Gotha - February 24, 1944] Reference
A British agent foils a Nazi plot to steal an inventor's design for a bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
So if you had the lead crew, you would go in and be working with your bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Lt. Jack Kaplan, USAAF] Reference
He was drafted at 18 and sent to San Antonio, Texas, to become a Norden bombsight mechanic. From Wordnik.com. [The Bilerico Project] Reference
The '' 'Norden bombsight' '' was a U.S. aiming device intended for use from horizontal bombers. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
He has it set up so that the bombs are dropped after he passes a certain point in his bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Lt. Jack Kaplan, USAAF] Reference
With two others of the same size it makes a bearing that is a vital part of the Norden bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mechanix] Reference
Peering through bombsight optics, they smoothly placed the cross-hairs on the missile launch sites. From Wordnik.com. [THE NO-BALL MISSIONS] Reference
Only his one eye peering through the bombsight optics could determine where to place the cross-hair. From Wordnik.com. [Gotha - February 24, 1944] Reference
Making a final level of his bombsight, Good took over control of steering the airplane with the bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Gotha - February 24, 1944] Reference
I was on guard duty all over the base; the bombsight, the hanger, the main gate and other entrances to the base. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEMORIES OF FRANCIS NASHWINTER] Reference
Hawaii, where he learned to operate the bombsight on a B-24, an unwieldy plane known to flight crews as "The Flying Coffin.". From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The last datum used, from three months ago, is highlighted in red-yellow and the current environment is noted with a green bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Minyanville] Reference
He then set the crosshairs of the bombsight proper onto the target, and then activated the Norden's providing input to the autopilot. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Lt Ted Garbeff, the Navigator, in the nose of the plane checking out the Norden bombsight as the bombardier was not going on this flight. From Wordnik.com. [THE LAST FLIGHT] Reference
Besides, I got a bombsight it would be a shame to waste. ". From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth] Reference
The world’s most famous bombsight was the brainchild of Carl Norden, born of Dutch parents in Java in 1880. From Wordnik.com. [Whirlwind] Reference
23 The world’s most famous bombsight: Albert L. Pardini, The Legendary Norden bombsight Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1999, 43–44. From Wordnik.com. [Whirlwind] Reference
It's an automatic bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Lt. Jack Kaplan, USAAF] Reference
The bombsight indicies crossed and "Bombs away!". From Wordnik.com. [Gotha - February 24, 1944] Reference
You have to throw out the bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
Template: Norden bombsight > Metadata. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Norden bombsight. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Norden bombsight, 23–25, 56, 60, 263. From Wordnik.com. [Whirlwind] Reference
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