File:Tiny Tim on PBJ Iwo Jima Aug 1945.jpg

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"Tiny Tim" aerial rocket are loaded onto a U.S. Marine Corps North American PBJ Mitchell bomber of Marine bombing squadron VMB-612 on Iwo Jima, 2 August 1945.

Based on a concept for an air-launched anti-shipping missile developed by the California Institute of Technology, the "Tiny Tim" weighted 580 kg (1,280 lb) and traveled at a velocity of 1,480 km/h (810 ft/sec). It entered service in 1945.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.002.007 [1]
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