The bomb run, from the IP to the target, was a nominal forty miles in length. From the IP to the target the aircraft was under the lateral control of the ...

One favorite tactic was to wait until the Bombers hit their IP (initial point of bombing run) and shoot into the bomb bay. At the IP the bombardier armed the ...

What is the meaning of the acronym I.P.? I.P. stood for Initial Point. It was some identifiable land mark about 20 miles more of less from the target. The ...

17 мар. 2019 г. · IP - Initial Point - the last navigation way point for a strike aircraft before beginning a bomb run. Usually the weapons officer has ...

The IP was located near the target and usually had a highly visible landmark so that navigators could get a good fix on their position. Also, the heading from ...

When I.P. is reached, Bombardier will indicate this by one long flash of bomber-call. Pilot turns toward target as Bombardier indicated direction of turn with ...

The IP was usually an unmistakable landmark, both visually and on radar. At the IP, the lead plane alerted the formation to turn toward the target by signal ...

With bombing accuracy measured in hundreds of feet, it took a great many bombs to get the job done. Such high ratios of ordnance expended to results achieved ...

24 окт. 2013 г. · The “IP” marks the initial point where the formation began their visual bomb run. ... bombing methods with radar bombing. As can be seen ...

5 окт. 2023 г. · Of the 13 planes from the 100th that took off for the mission, only one made it to the initial point (IP) of the bomb run. The sole surviving ...