The US Air Force Was Completely Changed by This Mysterious

In December 1942, a jeep carrying an ordnance technician, flanked by two armed guards, delivered a secret weapon to a B-17 bombardier. However, the process was far from simple.

The special delivery was the famed Norden bombsight, a highly sophisticated optical-mechanical instrument used by the United States Army Air Forces for precise bomb deployment.

The bombardier installed the device in the Flying Fortress's nose but was ordered to keep it covered until airborne. This meticulous procedure was repeated for each bomber as crews prepared for missions over Germany and beyond.

Held in high esteem by the Allies and heavily guarded, the Norden bombsight was an essential asset in the fight against the Axis powers. But to protect the cutting-edge technology, its existence was shrouded in secrecy.

Even so, propaganda promoting the bombsight's unparalleled accuracy led to a web of mystery, disinformation, and inflated claims, obscuring the true effectiveness of what is still regarded a game-changing technology during one of history's most significant wars…

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