[303rd-Talk] Twelve O'Clock High

[harold susskind]

 I flew a mission or two with the 30-3rd.  I was a navigator.  That's the guy iwith the brains on the aircraft.  My last correction I gave to the piThe pilot makes a correction , and tells the Bombaimer lot should have put the plane on course.  The pilot gives the plane to the Bombaimer who engages the sight.  Then the pilot can go out and get a cup of coffee Becajse anycorrection he makes at that stage will screw up the Bombaimer.   I used to get into arguments with the pilots in Bomb. SchoolThey were supposed to turn over the a/c at 150 mph, so they would give it to them at140 Instgead of letting the sight do the work they would increase the speed to 150 which is contrary to what the sight is doing.  Unfortunately all the bombardiers that I flew with  were no Bill Hoovers.   The lateest newslettter of the Air Rescue Association  contained a story about my forty something bomb run.  I was the bombardier and dropped blood plasma on the deck of a swedish Freighter 1000 miles out of Bermuda at night.  Thank you all for yout interest in what we did 60 years ago.  Love to all HAL Sussskind

> From: wargroom at localvertical.com
> To: glm at 303rdbg.com; 303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Twelve O'Clock High
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:27:57 -0500
> CC: 
> 
> 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)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Moncur" <glm at 303rdbg.com>
> To: <303rd-Talk at 303rdBG.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:45 PM
> Subject: [303rd-Talk] Twelve O'Clock High
> 
> 
> Just got the note below.  I can answer the IP question, but not the
> PDI one.  Any help???
> 
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> From: "Cooper, Susan" <scooper at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>
> To: "'glm at 303rdbg.com'" <glm at 303rdbg.com>
> Date sent: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:42:28 -0800
> Subject: Twelve O'Clock High
> 
> 
>     My favorite television program from 1964-1965 was Twelve O´clock High
>     with Robert Lansing.
>     As a pilot, he speaks to the bombardier with a throat microphone and
>     says:
>     "Center your PDI"
> 
>     What was the PDI?
>     What was the IP?
> 
>     Thanks for any help you can provide.
> 
>     Susan M. Cooper, Ed.D.
>     Dean of the Irvine Campus
>     California State University, Fullerton
>     7320 Trabuco Road
>     Irvine, CA. 92618
>     949-936-1605
>     949-552-2659 - fax
>     scooper at fullerton.edu
> 
> 
> ------- End of forwarded message --------- Gary Moncur
>          303rd Bomb Group (H) Historian
>          http://www.303rdBG.com
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