Relay Unit RE-22/ARW-9 of AN/ARW-10A Airborne Remote Control Bomb Release System H-46 for use in training aircraft

for use in training aircraft instrument technicians of the US Army Air Corps

May have been used in the Douglas Skyraider attack aircraft

Winter Jungingen Hohenz

its purpose is unknown to us

which discusses in detail the operation of the remote gunnery system

Relay Unit RE-22/ARW-9 of AN/ARW-10A Airborne Remote Control Bomb Release System H-46 for use in training aircraftThe AN ARW 10A Airborne Remote Control Bomb Release System was developed during WWII but did not see active use until the Korean War. The system was designed to release bombs simultaneously from all planes in a formation, usually twelve, by a single bombardier in the lead aircraft. Three pages in the photo gallery explain the system in greater detail. During WWII, bombardiers often released their bombs manually upon observing the drop of the lead