Submarines and their Weapons - Aircraft of World War II
Submarines and their Weapons - Aircraft of World War II
Submarines and their Weapons - Aircraft of World War II
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AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES<br />
Above: The bomb-aimer controlled the Hs 293 using a<br />
two-axis joystick which transmitted signals either by radio<br />
or over wires. This installation is in an He 111H-12.<br />
action armed with guided air-to-surface missiles, on<br />
25 August 1943, against warships hunting German<br />
submarines in the Bay <strong>of</strong> Biscay. The first-ever kill<br />
with a guided missile came on 27 August, when one<br />
scored a direct hit on the 1270-tonne (1250-ton) sloop<br />
(ie, corvette) HMS Egret, detonating the ammunition<br />
96<br />
in her after magazine <strong>and</strong> blowing her to pieces with<br />
the loss <strong>of</strong> 222 lives. In fact, <strong>II</strong>/KG100 later moved to<br />
Tstres, near Marseilles, <strong>and</strong> <strong>II</strong>/KG40, equipped with<br />
He 177A-5s, replaced it on the Atlantic coast. Besides<br />
the Egret, Hs 293s accounted for five destroyers <strong>and</strong> a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> merchant ships before the Allies found a<br />
way to combat them using a set <strong>of</strong> defensive tactics<br />
which included jamming the radio control signals <strong>and</strong><br />
targeting the launch aircraft during the vulnerable<br />
control phase, when they had to fly straight <strong>and</strong> level
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