[303rd-Talk] Twelve O'Clock High

[harold susskind]

Gary
I think I'll start another war by saying---My pick of the best Bombardier in the 303rd Was Bill Hoover.

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> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:10:31 -0700
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Twelve O'Clock High
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> > POSITION DATA INDICATOR,
> > 
> > It is an instrument that in the B-17's case was (I believe) driven by
> > the bombsight to keep the airplane on the correct heading towards the
> > target.
> >   I believe it was a fly-to indication - meaning a deflection to the
> >   right 
> > means a correction to the right . The pilot was to keep it centered as
> > best he could to arrive at the target after leveling out at the IP (
> > Initial point - the start of the bomb run)
> > 
> 
> Thanks much and thanks to Hal, Bill and others also.
> 
> Gary
> -- Gary Moncur
>          303rd Bomb Group (H) Historian
>          http://www.303rdBG.com 
> 
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