How One Navigator's "Forbidden" Math Trick Let RAF Find Targets in Total Darkness

How One Navigator's "Forbidden" Math Trick Let RAF Find Targets in Total Darkness
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The Avro Lancaster shuddered through flack torn skies over the Rurer Valley, its seven-man crew squinting into absolute blackness. Flight left tenant James Murray checked his watch, Zoo247 hours, March 1941, and called back to his navigator, "2 minutes to target." But here's the problem. Neither of them had any real idea where target actually was. ... Read More
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