Landing a Hawker Hurricane from CAT 2 ILS approach.
Browsing through RAF Air Publication 1564B & D for Hawker Hurricane 2A,2B,2C,2D and 4 aircraft with Merlin XX engine. Date 1943.
In section 2 it states for instrument let down, for:
Preliminary Approach height 1500 feet IAS 120 mph.
At Outer Marker Beacon: Height 600 feet speed 95-100 mph.
At Inner Marker Beacon. Height 100 feet speed 90-95 mph.
Question.
100 feet Decision Height in the primitive cockpit of a Hurricane (by todays standards) is Cat 2 ILS minima today. That would require superb manual instrument flying skills. One rarely sees those sort of skills nowadays.
If not using an ILS with associated marker beacons, what instrument landing approach would have been used in those days to ensure tracking accuracy for the equivalent of a Cat 2 ILS?
Would that have been a GCA in 1943? if so, would the GCA in those days have marker beacons (aural only or cockpit lights) for height checks. Or would that be a BABS beam approach in 1943?