The Operation Crossbow Site is a World War II military testing facility located at Eglin Air Force Base near Niceville, Florida. The US Army Air Corps built a copy of a German V-1 flying bomb launch facility to be a target while testing bombing strategies to be used to destroy actual Nazi V-1 launch sites located along the Dutch and French coast. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1944/01/00 | United States Army Air Force Gen Grandison Gardner orders the rapid construction of copies of German V-1 flying bomb launch structures to determine the best method of attacking the real "buzz bomb" sites along the French and Dutch coast. | Operation Crossbow | ||||
| 1944/02/15 | Gen Hap Arnold, Chief of the United States Army Air Forces, observes an Operation CROSSBOW test at Eglin Field. | Operation Crossbow |
| Particulars for Operation Crossbow Site: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Air facility |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Owner | Federal |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Motif | War |
| Historic Event | World War II |
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