no, this is not a paper I have prepared on the subject but the subject did intrigue me when I came across it in the 16 (AC) Squadron ORB for January 1934. It appears that training was hindered by the inability to use the AML teacher and the Camera Obscura* due to the switch from DC current to AC current.
A brief look online shows that the act was an attempt to normalise the power supply across the whole of the UK which up to that time was fragmented and operating on many different currents in bot DC and AC. It was the start of the National Grid and the CEB (later CEGB).
It now begs the question as to how equipment was standardised across the country if different aerodromes had different supplies or were there all converted to DC at X volts as an RAF standard?
It would make a good article for AR if there are any electrical historians out there and there are sufficient records on the subject relating to airfields.
* It struck me as odd that a un-powered piece of equipment could be affected but then I realised that R/T contact was required and lights for night bombing, although surely generators could be used as the Camera Obscura did have a portable version.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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