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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 1330.PDF
bgo FLIGHT The Air Torpedo Countering Qermany's Latest Weapon : Details of Jet Engine : Flying Qualities EVER since the first aircraft dropped a lethal missile the lay press has called every bomb an aerial tor pedo. At last they are right, and in the pilotless aircraft with an explosive head the air torpedo has arrived. Used as it is by the enemy it is completely blind and as an indiscriminate weapon of terror it represents just about the lowest level which the Germans have reached. Never theless, despite some inconvenience and some sad tragedies it will, without doubt, become recognised eventually as the biggest flop or the dampest squib the Herronvolk has yet launched. Friend Goebbels runs a super full-scale propa ganda attack while the crewless division of the Luftwaffe attempts to struggle along with less tljan 25 per cent, of its original programme. Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill's A.D.G.B. pilots are knocking them out of the sky at a goodly rate. One Tempest squadron, under the command of Sqn. Ldr. Dredge, D.F.C., already has a large kill to its credit, and a New Zealand squadron, also with Tem pests, under Sqn. Ldr. Ironmonger has a fine bag. At night the air torpedoes advertise themselves by the flare of the jet, and Mosquito night fighters take a good toll. In fact, the first to be brought down was shot out of the sky by Fit. Lt. Gothorpe, a Mosquito pilot of the County of Warwick (A.A.F.) squadron. The tactics of attack were first laid down by Wing Cdr. Beamont, and Fit. Sgt. Rose destroyed the first one in daylight. At first attacks vTv ^, GRILL INCORPORATING SHUTTERS & PETROL INJECTION JETS FUEL T A N K CAPACITY 130 GALLS. PETROL) WIREBOUNO SPHERICAL COMPRESSED AIR BOTTLES WARHEAD : APPROX. 1.000 Kg LIGHT ALLOY NOSE PAIRING PROBABLY CONTAINING COMPASS STEEL TUBULAR MAIN SPAR * PASSING THROUGH FUEL TANK
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