[Milsurplus] Bat bombing in Pacific

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Not to be confused with the original bat bombs, bats equipped with
timed incendiary devices. Apparently worked quite well as some escaped
bats ended up burning down a camp where the program was stationed.

Must've been hard on the bats, though.

~ Todd, KA1KAQ

On 2/26/07, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> AIR CLASSICS magazine for March 2007 has an article "Bat Victory: How a
>
> US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer  destroyed a Japanese destroyer with the first
>
> successful use of a guided missile. By Gerald M. Kenyon.
>
> This is an account by the plane's Bat bomb control officer of Privateer
>
> conventional attacks against shipping and also Bat bomb launches. The
>
> "Bat" was the first independent, self-guided missile;  apparently had its
>
> own radar, altho the article isn't terribly clear on how it was readied to launch.
>
> "To my knowledge, this was the only time a Bat worked."
>
> ( via: Hue Miller )
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