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
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