A fascinating and brilliant review of the history of Mr Norden and the bomb sight that bears his name! It also makes some interesting points vis a vis. philosophy and the morality of war.

Caution (aviation related content as well).

TED Blog | The strange tale of the Norden bombsight: Malcolm Gladwell on TED.com (http://blog.ted.com/2011/10/26/the-strange-tale-of-the-norden-bombsight-malcolm-gladwell-on-ted-com/)

Caco

Very enlightening.

There was also a belief that arming the bombers with numerous gun turrets would protect them from destruction. Alas, they were useless against flak, which destroyed thousands of bombers.

goudie,

To highlight your point....

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And here is the bomber (er..gunship) that goudie mentioned...the YB-40: (sry for the drift Caco...)

http://dmn.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/YB-40-2.jpg

Very informative thread and that presentation was great...:D