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Originally Posted by mars
1) I knew this because that was beyond the WWII navigation technology
2) I knew this from the combact history of the night air war over UK
3) read chris goss's book "Luftwaffe Hit and Run Raiders: Nocturnal Fighter-Bomber Operations Over the Western Front, 1943-1945"
yes, after 1943 Luftwaffe ARE INFERIOR to allie airforces, and yes RAF night defense were invulnerable, at least to the Luftwaffe, and that was proved again and again from 1943 to 1945, what Luftwaffe achieved over UK in that period were nothing but isolated and occasional success, which were nothing but nuisance
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Have you ever flown at night in areas with few lights? I have. Please share your experience in night flying.
Have you ever flown near a coast in a light of say a quarter moon? I have.
Have you ever flown dead reckoning after losing an RNAV/DME and depend entirely on needle/Ball and compass and watch and radio - I have.
Impossible - No. Experienced Pilots 'back in the day' after experiencing European weather and acquiring necessary nav skills could do what I have done
far better than me and my not so impressive 565 hours as PIC.
You are seriously mis-informed regarding the phrase 'impossible'.
As to 'reading' about it to acquire such exquisite insight? - that is amusing. Is that the same as 'facts and only the facts - there are no other facts' perspective that you cherish? Having said that I am open to opsinion of those on Adolph Galland's or Gemaj Joseph Schmid's staffs which discuss this in detail - please point me to them..
As to 'Inferior' standards. What are your perspectives about the Colonials in 1776 or 1812. They weren't superior but they prevailed. Or Vietnamese. They weren't superior to the French or the US - but they prevailed.
Britons superior to Spain in 1588? I don't think so - but the results don't align with 'commonly held' views did they?