• DocumentCode
    942846
  • Title

    H2S and the navigator

  • Author

    Killip, Fit Lt E L

  • Author_Institution
    Telecommunications Research Establishment, Malvern, UK
  • Volume
    132
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    10/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    399
  • Lastpage
    400
  • Abstract
    At the beginning of the Second World War, accurate navigation at night over enemy territory was only possible on moonlit nights. On other nights, when flying through and over cloud and bad visibility, navigation was much more of a hit and miss affair, and a case of hoping that the bombs had been dropped on an enemy target. However, with the arrival of H2S, the navigator´s job was made much easier, and he could then obtain a much more accurate position, in conjunction with conventional dead-reckoning navigation techniques. The paper describes the impact that H2S had on navigation on night sorties over enemy territory.
  • Keywords
    electronic warfare; history; radionavigation; H2S; Second World War; history; military equipment; navigator; night; radionavigation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Physical Science, Measurement and Instrumentation, Management and Education - Reviews, IEE Proceedings A
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0143-702X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-a-1:19850074
  • Filename
    4647742