Friday 21 October 2016

The Battle of the Beams

German bombing in WWII exacted a heavy toll which would have been heavier if RV Jones hadn’t figured out a way of diverting it. Jones reckoned the bombers were finding their way by using Lorenz-type radio beams called Knickebein (crooked leg) beams. Called into a Cabinet Meeting at the age of 28 to explains his ...

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from Electronics Weekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/yarns/the-battle-of-the-beams-2016-10/

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