Azon

plural Azons · alternative AZON

1. historicalA gliding bomb of World War II whose azimuth could be adjusted via radio.

   In the autumn of 1944 ten B-24s equipped for Azon bombing and ten trained crews joined the 7th BG.

   2012, Edward M. Young, B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI, page 39

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   Three hundred Azon tail units arrived in the theater of operations early in July 1944; following a crash course in Azon, a technical team followed the fins overseas in August.

   1999, Frederick A. Johnsen, B-24 Liberator: Rugged But Right, page 77

   2012, Spencer Tucker, Almanac of American Military History, Volume 3: 1914-1949, page 1636, The Azon (for Azimuth Only) was developed by the Allies contemporaneously with the German Fritz X. […] Azons were subsequently employed with some success against bridges on the Japanese-operated Burma Railway; 493 Azons destroyed 27 bridges, including the famous Kwai River bridge.

   Synonyms: VB-1