Nazi Guided Bombs Terrorize the Mediterranean - Fritz X | Battle Stars Ep. 5
56In September 1943, in the waters off Italy, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, reeling from the loss of Savannah and the lack of adequate air defense against radio-controlled bombs, declared “Air situation here critical,” and called for carrier support.
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Credits: US National Archives, US Naval Institute, Naval History & Heritage Command, Naval Historical Foundation (now apart of USNI)
Sources:
1. Bollinger, Martin J., Warriors and Wizards: The Development and Defeat of Radio-Controlled Glide Bombs of the Third Reich (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010).
2. Morison, Samuel E., History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. IX, Sicily-Salerno-Anzio, January 1943—June 1944 (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1953; reprinted Naval Institute Press, 2011).
3. Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [online], “Savannah IV (CL-42), 1938-1959.”