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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 0065.PDF
January 13th, 1949 47 AFFILIATED to the Empire Air Armament School at Manby, in ^"* Lincolnshire, (Commandant, AjCdre. J. G. Franks), the Central Gunnery School, Lecon field, is responsible for 'instructing pilots in the technique of air-to-ground and air-to-air attacks. These duties are exemplified by the views on the opposite page showing (A) a Mosquito discharging six rocket projectiles and (o) 0 Spitfire closing in on a towed target. The large picture on this page is, perhaps, unique in that, not only is the attacking aircraft seen at close range at the moment of discharging RPs, but the target —one of the two pairs of tanks beyond the ground arrows—is also clearly visible. It was secured by S/L. Parker, of the Air Ministry, through the windscreen of a Mosquito. The smaller view (D), on this page, depicts the loading-up of Ws with live heads. Opposite, the tail-gunner of a Lancaster Is getting in some good work on a moored target with his win 0.5/n guns.
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