English

Azon

Alternative forms

• AZON

Noun

Azon ‎(plural Azons)

1. A World War II gliding bomb whose azimuth could be adjusted via radio.
   • 1999, Frederick A. Johnsen, B-24 Liberator: Rugged But Right, page 77,

     Three hundred Azon tail units arrived in the theater of operations early in July 1944; following a crash course in Azon, a technical team followed the fins overseas in August.

   • 2012, Spencer Tucker, Almanac of American Military History, Volume 3: 1914-1949, page 1636,

     The Azon (for Azimuth Only) was developed by the Allies contemporaneously with the German Fritz X. […] Azons were subsequently employed with some success against bridges on the Japanese-operated Burma Railway; 493 Azons destroyed 27 bridges, including the famous Kwai River bridge.

   • 2012, Edward M. Young, B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI, page 39,

     In the autumn of 1944 ten B-24s equipped for Azon bombing and ten trained crews joined the 7th BG.

Synonyms

• VB-1 (Vertical Bomb 1) (official designation)

Anagrams

• zona

Hungarian

Pronoun

azon

1. superessive singular of az

   azon az asztalon‎ ― on that table

Derived terms

• egyazon

See also

• ezen