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How did the Brits do it?
I think back to the war and the RAF heavies on their night missions. Missions
flown in the winter usually were in atrocioius weather where there was no view of the gound and the sky above was overcast. There was no way to shoot at star fix or take a dirft reading from the ground. Working dead reckoning from England deep into Germany and any change in wind dorection or velocity that went undetected made dead reckoning navigation a hit and miss proposition. Often it was not just miss, it was gross miss. Knowing all this how could the RAF ever hope to pull off these winter night missions successfully? What was the logic that made them keep flying under these hopeless navigation conditions? Anyone know? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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