TTN, nawty boy, now go and sit at the back of the class.
Please sir, why sir, what did I say sir?
Earlier in the thread,
bnt compared Ewan MacGregor's performance as equivalent to overshooting Berlin by 20 miles. Quite frankly I am sure that earlier on, before the introduction of the Pathfinder force equipped with Oboe and H2s, navigation errors such as this would have been commonplace. Having practised "night limited" navigation in the Victor with nothing but a sextant as a navaid, I have on occasions managed not a lot better than this in a very stable platform with nobody trying to shoot me down. Factor in lower level turbulence, flak and night fighter avoidance then such errors after several hours of night flying over hostile territory do not seem at all remarkable. I have the highest regard for the skills of that generation of navigators and think they achieved some amazing results with the equipment available.