An unassembled Azon Bomb at a United States base. Airmen removing protective plugs from nose section of warhead. Attaching various components control surface, instruments to the bomb, and then the bomb to the underside of a B-17 bomber. It takes off. Dropping bomb to the target. (World War II period).
Azon Bombs in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Force personnel unpacks the smoke flares from wooden boxes. Tests of flares and checks their continuity using some meter. In a laboratory a man removes gyroscope which controls the ailerons and rudder from a box to test them. He tests a radio receiver for frequency matching and then installs it in Azon Bomb assembly. Testing of the complete assembly and marking it as correct.
Azon Bombs in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force technicians perform continuity and other tests on various components of Azon Bombs in their laboratory. The indicators and meter readings display the results of the tests. Technicians with badges on their uniform check and assemble a tail section of an Azon Bomb. Another technician fills the check sheet.
Azon Bombs in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force technician in uniform works with multiple tail sections of Azon Bombs kept in a series on a wooden board. He attaches smoke flares and fastens the screws with the tail sections using a screw driver. He makes entries in his record book.
Azon Bombs in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. B-24 bomber of the United States Army Air Force gets ready for an operation. Personnel loading the turret guns in the nose of a B-24 bomber. Airmen work and check its engines and other parts. A truck arrives near the bomber. Men roll bombs down from the truck. Men start attaching the bomb with the wings of B-24. A tanker fills the fuel tank of the bomber.
Azon Bombs in China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. Azon Bombs attached to a B-24 bomber of the United States Army Air Force. An airman puts Azon Adapter Ring to a 1000 lb Azon Bomb. Two airmen unload Azon fins from a truck and keep them aside.
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