Early ATC (WWII)?
New here, normally hang out on Jet Blast.
Can anyone tell me please a bit about about the early days of ATC, specifcally the management of traffic at bomber aerodromes in the UK?
Did they use radio or was it all flares/signal lamps? (presumably to prevent radio intercepts of departing raids?)
I assume the night bombers departed one by one as they navigated independently to target. I guess landing was first come first served as their arrival times would be spread out. But I assume they needed to join a circuit and get a clearance?
Was their phraseology similar to that of nowadays? (I know they had that earlier phonetic alphabet)
And a last question under modern ATC: Is it correct to say their are only 5 clearances? Take off, Land, Cross active runway, Climb to../Descend to..
Thanks