SUCCESSFUL TESTS
Thunderbolt As FighterBomber (Received February 23, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 22. Already famous as a high altitude fighter, the Thundcrbodt has now become one of the world’s most powerful fighter-bombers, says Reuter's Algiers correspondent. Following tests carried out by pilots of the Mediterranean Air Force, Thunderbolts for a month have been currying two 1000-lb. bombs —a load previously undreamt of for fighters, also equalling the load of medium bombers. The first breathless take-off with the greatest lethal load ever carried by a fighter-bomber was made by a major from Kentucky whose squadron has since divebombed with 1000-pounders slung under each wing.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 127, 24 February 1944, Page 4
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