Operation Aphrodite
Aphrodite was the World War II code name of a United States Army Air Forces operation to use Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated PB4Y bombers as precision-guided munitions against bunkers and other hardened/reinforced enemy facilities. A parallel project in the United States Navy was codenamed Anvil. The missions were not generally successful, and the intended targets in Europe were either overrun by the ground advance of Allied troops or disabled by conventional attacks by aircraft.
| Aphrodite, BQ-7, BQ-8 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Radio-controlled aircraft as guided missiles |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1944 |
| Used by | United States Army Air Forces (Aphrodite) United States Navy (Anvil) |
| Specifications | |
| Warhead | Payload: around 20,000lb Torpex |
Guidance system | Azon (TV sensor, radio control) Castor (radar & TV sensors, radio control) |
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