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eppur_se_muova

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4. Pilots did the takeoff, armed the bombs & remote, then bailed. The first one blew up prematurely, killing Joe Kennedy Jr

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 08:00 PM

Aug 2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Jr.#Operations_Aphrodite_and_Anvil

Joe Sr. had every intention of seeing his son elected to the Presidency, and turned his plans to JFK only after Joe Jr. died. Joe Jr had volunteered despite having fulfilled his 25 missions. IIRC his father told him not to volunteer.

There were no TV cameras -- technology was not ready -- they used radio remote control from a second plane.

FWIW, this was the last such mission under this program the Navy was involved in. I don't know what they did in the Pacific theater.

I heartily recommend this book -- https://archive.org/details/darkeagles00curt

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i had read somewhere in a book where in ww2 the army af took old worn out bombers , AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #1

one suspects a huge amount of mountains and trees were blasted to bits back then nt msongs Aug 2025 #2

Pilots did the takeoff, armed the bombs & remote, then bailed. The first one blew up prematurely, killing Joe Kennedy Jr eppur_se_muova Aug 2025 #4

this AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #3