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Book: Bomber Harris - Grehan and Mace
04 Feb 2016 21:20 - 04 Feb 2016 21:21 #1
by carnaby
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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05 Feb 2016 16:34 - 05 Feb 2016 16:35 #3
by carnaby
Also found:
Sandra rendered mortar, rockets and floodlights redundant...
...beginning of 1942, landing of two squadrons was between three and four hours. On one occasion in 1944...14 Lancasters landed in ten minutes...
...urgent requirements...1,000lb mines modified for carriage in Mosquito aircraft...co-operation with HMS Vernon. Within three weeks the mines were laid in the Kiel Canal.
Due to improvements in training, numbers of OTU aircraft lost (not by enemy action) per 10,000 flying hours:
1942 (44), 1943 (23), 1944 (15), 1945 (8 )
Lancaster tyres were in short supply and were collected from factories and fitted directly to aircraft. High wastage improved by regular sweeping of runways...treaded tyres would have been the solution.
On 3/4 November 1942 the high-power transmitter at Stuttgart was heard passing instructions to fighters. Problem... to find a powerful transmitter in this country to jam it...BBC transmitter at Crowborough, the most powerful in Europe, was brought into action (Dartboard).
Just been reading about the RAF 'Cracker' attacks on the Isle of Man and Brynkir railway station (Snowdonia) in February 1942 to appraise blind bombing possibilities using GEE.
You know you need a copy ! BUT, not much found so far on ranges
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
Replied by carnaby on topic Book: Bomber Harris - Grehan and Mace
It's not really about Harris at all - rather his despatches on operations. Very factual and good for casual browsing:.One paragraph which did the biz for me:Is it more about Bomber Command than Harris himself then?
By May 1944 95 per cent of all Bomber Command airfields were equipped with Airfield Lighting Mk.II, 75 per cent with sodium funnels, 71 per cent with Sandra, 52 per cent with sodium flarepath and 45 per cent with SBA and contact lighting, A modern R/T set, the TR1196 relegated the TR9 to the scrap heap...
Also found:
Sandra rendered mortar, rockets and floodlights redundant...
...beginning of 1942, landing of two squadrons was between three and four hours. On one occasion in 1944...14 Lancasters landed in ten minutes...
...urgent requirements...1,000lb mines modified for carriage in Mosquito aircraft...co-operation with HMS Vernon. Within three weeks the mines were laid in the Kiel Canal.
Due to improvements in training, numbers of OTU aircraft lost (not by enemy action) per 10,000 flying hours:
1942 (44), 1943 (23), 1944 (15), 1945 (8 )
Lancaster tyres were in short supply and were collected from factories and fitted directly to aircraft. High wastage improved by regular sweeping of runways...treaded tyres would have been the solution.
On 3/4 November 1942 the high-power transmitter at Stuttgart was heard passing instructions to fighters. Problem... to find a powerful transmitter in this country to jam it...BBC transmitter at Crowborough, the most powerful in Europe, was brought into action (Dartboard).
Just been reading about the RAF 'Cracker' attacks on the Isle of Man and Brynkir railway station (Snowdonia) in February 1942 to appraise blind bombing possibilities using GEE.
You know you need a copy ! BUT, not much found so far on ranges
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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05 Feb 2016 19:45 #5
by Peter Kirk
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
Replied by Peter Kirk on topic Book: Bomber Harris - Grehan and Mace
Carnaby, your mind reading skills of still spot-on 
I would be interested in the training of some squadrons in anti-shipping, mainly larger ships early in the war and the use (or lack of) of anti-tank bombs by the bomber force. Two oddities that cropped up in my research.
Looks like a book for Easter.
I would be interested in the training of some squadrons in anti-shipping, mainly larger ships early in the war and the use (or lack of) of anti-tank bombs by the bomber force. Two oddities that cropped up in my research.
Looks like a book for Easter.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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