The Norden Bomb Sight manual

(li) Figs No.

A - B - C-D show:

A graphic illustration of the path of a bomb

dropped

from a plane in

a moving air mass; relat-

of the bomb in its fall to the plane;

lation of the bomb in

fall to the ground.

Fig. A: Shows course of airplane through

at instant of bomb

or correle

release.

Note that plane

is directly over railroad track.

Fig. B:

Wind blowing

from richt to left has

carried the airplane with

part Herever ne lanet ourse over the ground

(ground track)

is still along the railroad tracks.

Fig C: The bomb is falling in the vertical

plane beneath the airolane and is trailing directs

to the

iginal position of air "block" in figure A).

Fig. D: The bomb's entire trajectory lles in

along the longitudinal axis of the airplane.

the airplane's path over the ground has been along

the railroad track. The point of bomb impact is

trail distance behind the airplane along the long-

itudinal axis of the airplane.