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Offline john k

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« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2021, 02:16:45 PM »
Just read the story about the oldest Kennedy brother.  He was involved in a secret bombing program in WWII, where remote controlled B-17s were crashed into the target.   The Army Air Corps equipped them with tv cameras, the flying was done remotely by a mother ship a mile or more behind them, by someone watching a CRT.  All this in 1944!

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« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2021, 03:33:49 PM »
That is most interesting. I did not know that but it's pretty cool.
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« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2021, 04:17:33 PM »
Just read the story about the oldest Kennedy brother.  He was involved in a secret bombing program in WWII, where remote controlled B-17s were crashed into the target.   The Army Air Corps equipped them with tv cameras, the flying was done remotely by a mother ship a mile or more behind them, by someone watching a CRT.  All this in 1944!

Joe Jr. was the real deal. Pretty amazing guy, and had he lived he would have definitely been a political star.




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« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2021, 04:24:21 PM »
The volunteer pilots would take off in these planes literally stuffed with high explosves, then bail out before reaching the English channel.   Joe Kennedys plane malfunctioned,  fireball.

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« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2021, 06:15:30 PM »
The volunteer pilots would take off in these planes literally stuffed with high explosves, then bail out before reaching the English channel.   Joe Kennedys plane malfunctioned,  fireball.


Yes, his B-24 exploded before he could bail out.