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Finding the carrier in WW2.

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:36 am
by Nark
Splitting off from another thread.
Something I’ve often thought about. There was no way thousands of pilots knew where the hell they were in order to get back to the boat. Let alone land on the right boat (it happens often enough they landed on the wrong boat…:) )




Re: Finding the carrier in WW2.

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 7:54 pm
by digits
It needed to have a range of 275 miles? How bad were those navigators? :twisted:

Re: Finding the carrier in WW2.

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 11:22 pm
by mcrit
Nifty