Once the day fighters had saved Britain from invasion, it fell to the night fighters to save her cities from destruction. At the beginning, interception by night proved virtually impossible, particularly, as the German bombers carried out their raids in cloudy weather. Soon, however, the navigator was presented with a mysterious little black box, which turned out to be the parent of airborne radar and the key to aerial tactics. This made a major contribution to the war in the skies, first protecting the British cities from ...
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Once the day fighters had saved Britain from invasion, it fell to the night fighters to save her cities from destruction. At the beginning, interception by night proved virtually impossible, particularly, as the German bombers carried out their raids in cloudy weather. Soon, however, the navigator was presented with a mysterious little black box, which turned out to be the parent of airborne radar and the key to aerial tactics. This made a major contribution to the war in the skies, first protecting the British cities from the incessant raids of 1940 and later enabling the bombers to carry out their vital operations over Germany. 'Jimmy' Rawnsley, crewed with gunner 'Cats-eyes' Cunningham were among the first to use this new technology when it was introduced to the Blenheim they were flying and went on to become one of the RAF's leading night fighter crews, destroying over 20 enemy aircraft.
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Fair. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner's name inside front cover. Cover corners, boards and edges are rubbed. Binding is tight. 319pp.
C. F ."Jimmy" Rawnsley flew as right seater to pilot John Cunningham through most of World War Two. They proved to be a formidable team of night fighters against the Luftwaffe. Rawnsley was slightly older and more mature than most aircrew. He was married before he joined the RAF as an air gunner. He and his wife toured Germany before the war and were appalled by the rising Nazis. She supported his decision to oppose Nazi-ism as an other ranks in the RAF. By the end of the war Rawnsley was a commissioned officer training other air intercept radar operators in the right seats of Mosquito aircraft. Rawnsley was in the right seat at the right time and with the right stuff.
