Plane and Iceberg Target After Bombing. The Coast Guard [..] plane flies past iceberg target after hitting it direct with a 1,000-lb. general purpose conventional type bomb. Scattered bits of brash ice shipped from berg in bombing can be seen in the disturbed foaming waters surrounding the berg. Black smudges in cavern (center) marks where bomb hit. The iceberg is 150 ft. high, 300 ft. wide, and weight about 1,000,000 tons. Selected as the desired target for the aerial experiments, it is located 160 miles northeast of Argentia, Newfoundland, 60 miles northeast of Cape Bonavista in internationa
Plane and Iceberg Target After Bombing. The Coast Guard [..] plane flies past iceberg target after hitting it direct with a 1,000-lb. general purpose conventional type bomb. Scattered bits of brash ice shipped from berg in bombing can be seen in the disturbed foaming waters surrounding the berg. Black smudges in cavern (center) marks where bomb hit. The iceberg is 150 ft. high, 300 ft. wide, and weight about 1,000,000 tons. Selected as the desired target for the aerial experiments, it is located 160 miles northeast of Argentia, Newfoundland, 60 miles northeast of Cape Bonavista in international waters.
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Keywords: 17-a2-187, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
