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| Bombs away over Neumarkt, Germany, February 23rd. The smoke was dropped by the lead aircraft, top, left of center. The flight characteristics of the marker is causing it to
depart the stick of bombs it was dropped with. If you look closely, you'll note the bright dot at the bottom of the aircraft. This is the H2X dome for the radar used to bomb
through overcast conditions. The operators of this equipment were called, "Mickey Operators", and their sets were called "Mickey Sets". The term "Mickey" comes from the code
words, "Magic Eye" -- MIC(K)EY
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