Title:DER BOMBENWURF AUS DEM HORIZONTALFLUG MIT DEM BOMBENZIELGERAT LOTFE 7D : Teil A Grundbegriffe des Bombenwurfes [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 1602
Other titles:BOMBING IN HORIZONTAL FLIGHT WITH THE LOTFE 7D BOMBSIGHT : Part A Basic principles of bombing [Translation]
Summary: A film consisting mainly of diagrams and simple animation to illustrate the principles of bombing with the Lotfe 7D sight.
Description: Graphs explain the concepts of bomb-trail (the slowing of the forward motion of the bomb through air resistance) and sighting angle, and how the release point is affected by height and speed. Film shows how the barometric pressure and altitude of the target is set, and also how the sighting mirror of the Lotfe pivots in order to keep the target in place on the graticule either by manual adjustment or automatically according to the airspeed setting. Diagrams show how the aircraft's drift angle is allowed for. Instructions are then given for a bombing run using a schematic representation of the view through the sight.
Alternative Title:BOMBING IN HORIZONTAL FLIGHT WITH THE LOTFE 7D BOMBSIGHT : Part A Basic principles of bombing [Translation]
