Operation Aphrodite
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Aphrodite was the World War II code name of a United States Army Air Forces operation to use worn out Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated PB4Y bombers as radio controlled flying bombs against bunkers and other hardened or reinforced enemy facilities. A parallel project by the United States Navy was codenamed Anvil.[2] The missions were not generally successful, and the intended targets in Europe were either overrun by the ground advance of Allied troops or disabled by conventional attacks by aircraft.
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Aphrodite, BQ-7, BQ-8 | |
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Type | Radio-controlled aircraft as guided missiles |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1944 |
Used by | United States Army Air Forces (Aphrodite) United States Navy (Anvil) |
Specifications | |
Warhead | Payload: around 20,000 lb (9.1 t) Torpex[1] |
Guidance system | Azon (TV sensor, radio control) Castor (radar & TV sensors, radio control) |
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