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Arsenal VB-10 - hot or not? Not it never saw service
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A B-17 fitted with a pair of Douglas VB-10 glide bombs for testing, 1944-1945. The bomb was equipped with a TV camera and transmitter to allow the bombardier to guide the weapon to the target, while the circular airfoils allowed for course corrections
Un chasseur-bombardier en piqué embarqué Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver «The Beast» du 10e Escadron de bombardement (VB-10) du 10e Groupe aérien embarqué (CVG-10) attaché au porte-avions USS Intrepid (CV-11) en vol au-dessus de Tientsin réoccupé par les alliés – Chine – 5 septembre 1945
Photographe : Official U.S. Navy photograph
©Naval History & Heritage Command - 80-G-348290