The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, GA, will host a series of Bombardier School sessions on June 5 and 6, giving participants a closer look at how U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were trained during WWII and the technology that shaped strategic bombing missions. The program will be led by Norden Bombsight specialist Dr. Tim Moore and centers on one of the war’s most recognizable pieces of equipment: the Norden Bombsight. Used by bombardiers during combat operations, the device became one of the defining technologies of the air war and played a major role in training programs across the United States.
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Participants will get hands-on time with an original Norden Bombsight while working through some of the methods bombardiers used during WWII missions. The program also covers dead reckoning, the navigation process crews used to estimate where they were and where they were headed before modern navigation tools existed. Museum staff said the sessions are designed around small groups, with participants spending time using original equipment and working through the kinds of calculations and choices bombardiers faced during wartime operations.
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Sessions are scheduled for June 5 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., followed by a third session on June 6 at 10 a.m. Each program runs approximately three hours and is open to adults ages 18 and older. Attendance is capped at five participants per session, with registration required by June 4 because of limited space. Admission costs $50 for non-members and $35 for museum members. If you want to know more about registration information, click HERE. Have questions regarding the event? You can direct them to H+STEM Educator Kristin Singleton. To support the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, click here: www.mightyeighth.org.
