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Navigating Lancasters in WW II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2007

Peter Hoare
Peter Hoare
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Abstract

This paper describes the air navigation techniques and drills used by Lancasters of the Pathfinder Force of Royal Air Force Bomber Command in early 1945. A brief description is given of the equipment and fixing aids available to the navigator and the environment in which he worked. The paper is based on the author's personal experience and with reference to the log and chart of an operation in which he took part. A running commentary on the navigational aspects of the operation is also given.

Keywords

Air navigationWW2 operationsHistoric air navigation techniques
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , May 2007 , pp. 201 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2007

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