[Milsurplus] AZON bomb guidance

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Unfortunately I'm on the road at the moment, but I scanned a good part of the secret 1946 NDRC Division 5 report on Guided Missile development before I left.  There's a sizable section on the AZON, including a photo of it arriving on a Burma railway bridge.  I'll put the relevant section on the web page when I get back from Singapore in early March.

73,
Mike

> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> Date: 2005/02/26 Sat AM 02:47:23 EST
> To: Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] AZON bomb guidance
> 
> PBS is running a program on the Burma Railway in WW II. Mention is made of the
> AZON (AZimuth ONly) guided bomb.
> 
> This puppy was a 1000 pound HE bomb with a high power flare in it's tail (for
> visual tracking of the falling bomb) and was guided to it's target by radio
> signals from the airplane that dropped it.
> 
> Does anyone know what transmitter and sight were used, and what frequency it
> operated on?
> 
> Thanks,
> -John
> 
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