Riley Scott who is about to try out his Mechanical Bombsight – Historic Print
![Riley Scott who is about to try out his Mechanical Bombsight, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/71/71a7064031f5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Riley Scott who is about to try out his Mechanical Bombsight, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Riley Scott who is about to try out his Mechanical Bombsight
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Riley Scott is shown about to try out a mechanical bombsight, a device that helped aircrew calculate when to release their bombs from altitude. The caption card gives no date and does not name the aircraft or organization involved, so the exact setting is uncertain. Bombsights of this kind grew more sophisticated between the world wars and became central to American bombing practice in the Second World War, when mechanical computers accounted for airspeed, altitude and wind. The record's details are unverified, so treat the specifics as a starting point.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,165 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110032 |
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