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Old February 24th 04, 09:07 PM
Keith Willshaw
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"M. J. Powell" wrote in message
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In message , Jakob
Whitfield writes
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...And yet another question: Was the RAF's night fighter GCI force
controlled in a similar manner to the Luftwaffe's 'Himmelbett'
fighters?


You answered your own question. GCI = Ground Controlled Interception.

Presumably the controller used the CHL radars to guide the fighters to
within a couple of miles of the target and on a chase course.


No sir. CHL had no inland coverage, the GCI stations used
a variety of radars ranging from the fixed Happidromes to
mobile higher frequency radars like the type 15

http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/gci/gci.htm

Keith