Operation Aphrodite
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Aphrodite was the Second World War code name of a United States Army Air Forces operation to use worn out Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated PB4Y bombers as radio controlled flying bombs aga
B-17F (The Careful Virgin) completed 80 missions with 323rd Bombardment Squadron before it was used against Mimoyecques but impacted short of target due to controller error
RAF Fersfield
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Royal Air Force Fersfield or more simply RAF Fersfield is a former Royal Air Force station located 16 miles southwest of Norwich, Norfolk, England.
Aerial mosaic photograph of RAF Fersfield. The bomb dump is located to the north, and the T2 hangar is to the south. 29 August 1946.
Radio-controlled B-17 Flying Fortress, being test-flown as part of Operation Aphrodite