The pilot in the fighter guided the unmanned flying bomb to the release point and then separated.
The pilot in the fighter guided the unmanned flying bomb to the release point and then separated.
In addition, the pilot of the “parasite” fighter had a tv screen and something akin to a joystick to guide the unmanned flying bomb to its target.
The angle between the craft was developed by one of the Third Reich scientists who got paperclipped after the war; his angle was obtained by NASA for its design work, and used for the Space Shuttle.