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Show Birth of a Bombardier Would you personally like to bomb Berlin and Tokyo? From towns, cities, farms, factories and colleges thousands of American youths are answering "yes" and swarming into the world's largest bombardier college at Midland, Texas, to learn the technique. Scientifically selected to operate the secret, deadly U. S. bombsight, bombardier cadets ca-dets are trained in 12 weeks to be the "most dangerous men in the world." Where they are going is a military secret. The tyro bombardier becomes be-comes familiar with his thrilling thrill-ing job with the bi-motored AT-11 training bomber. He watches mechanics who "keep 'em flying." At the bomb-loading dump, brawny ordnance men carry the kind of bright blue 100-pounders used for practice. Each cadet drops as many as two hundred bombs during training the equivalent of forty real raids. A scale model mod-el of Tokyo's waterfront industrial in-dustrial section provides a realistic target for bombardment, bombard-ment, and really gives the boys something to shoot at. These pictures tell how cadets ca-dets from all corners of the U. S. become "lords of the bombsight." Physical fitness is the prime requisite for cadets. Here they use practice bombs for "bombardier "bom-bardier build-ups." In ground school, a group watches an instructor using a model V. S. bomber and models of Japanese ivarships to illustrate a point. Ready for bigger things, a cadet sits in the shark-nose of a B-18 bomber, awaiting the loading of the bomb bay by ordnance men. ' '" y ?'y ' ' '' - -' ' : . yy''''''' Skimming low over a 30-foot target shack, a cadet at Midlant. army flying school sends missiles skimming into the ground whence they ricochet, rocket-like, into the pyramid-shaped structure. I . 5 - Tyro bombardiers become familiar with the AT-11 training bombers. |