TTN, nawty boy, now go and sit at the back of the class.
Originally Posted by
Chugalug2
A generation brought up on GPS in mobile phones can have little concept of the challenge that night navigation for Main Force was.
Ah, the joys of automatic airplot. Imagine if you will the aircraft performing a number of corkscrews until hopefully slipping back towards target or home. The Navigator plotting a wind vector from the API to establish a DR position. Then trying to spot something for a pinpoint or construct an MPP from a solitary G-line.
The evasive manoeuvres would have played havok with the compasses.
Final observation though, at the end he said of AFG
Collateral damage is not acceptable. In my Cold War talks I conclude
Collateral damage was a bonus.