Project Aphrodite

It sounded very dangerous for all concerned and little wonder it was discontinued.

Regards
Tom

 

Not heard of these before

Operation Aphrodite - Wikipedia
Aphrodite and Anvil were the World War II code names of United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy operations to use Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated PB4Y bombers as precision-guided munitions against bunkers and other hardened/reinforced enemy facilities, such as "Crossbow" operations against German long range missiles.[2]

The missions were not generally successful, and the intended targets in Europe were either overrun by the ground advance of Allied troops or disabled by conventional attacks by aircraft.

 

Have a look at this Swedish website:

USAAF - B 17 F "Mugwump" - Serial # 42-30066