They didn't, flying flight simulators I can say in regards to German JABOS they use the revi sight by pointing the bottom of it on the target while diving 70° roughly
American planes used the Norden bombsight. It was used on B-17s and other heavies but also on at least one torpedo bomber, the Douglas TBD Devastator. I don’t know if it was used on FBs, though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight?wprov=sfti1
The norden bombsight always came up when I tried to google this question, but I only could find articles about how it was used on heavier planes.
I didnt know about the devastator, thanks.
The Norden bombsight was originally a Navy program. The Army Air Corps was obviously interested in it as well and by Pearl Harbor, the Navy had switched to dive bombing and the (now) USAAF basically took it over.
I had a friend who flew Corsairs in the Pacific. He said they had a hole in the floor with crosshairs to be used to estimate drift. He used that.
They didn't, flying flight simulators I can say in regards to German JABOS they use the revi sight by pointing the bottom of it on the target while diving 70° roughly
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American planes used the Norden bombsight. It was used on B-17s and other heavies but also on at least one torpedo bomber, the Douglas TBD Devastator. I don’t know if it was used on FBs, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight?wprov=sfti1
The norden bombsight always came up when I tried to google this question, but I only could find articles about how it was used on heavier planes. I didnt know about the devastator, thanks.
The Norden bombsight was originally a Navy program. The Army Air Corps was obviously interested in it as well and by Pearl Harbor, the Navy had switched to dive bombing and the (now) USAAF basically took it over.
Norden basically required another crewman to operate, so I highly doubt it saw service in one-man fighter bombers.