Hi Nick,
Some samples of radio chatter between German fighter pilots from 17 September 1941, intercepted and translated by the British Y-Service:
14:56 (British time)
Fritz - Hugo: "Spitfires due west of us"
Hugo - Fritz: "Be quiet"
Fritz - Hugo: "There by the clouds, there by the clouds"
Hugo - aircraft: "Look out, all Hugo aircraft look out on our left"
Hugo - aircraft: "Look out, attack coming from above"
Hugo - aircraft: "Are you there? Are you there?"
Fritz - aircraft: "Paul!" (top of his voice)
Hugo - aircraft: "Hullo, Hugo aircraft: one bandit orbitting right"
Aircraft - Hugo: "Am breaking off, am breaking off!"
16:09 (British time)
Aircraft - aircraft: "Spitfires! Look out! 10 miles to the north-east"
17:52 (British time)
Aircraft - aircraft: "Links ein Spitfeuermauer"
18 September 1941, 16:02 (British time)
OHO (aircraft) - Heinz (aircraft): "There's a Spitfire in the direction of the sea to the south of us"
Heinz - OHO: "No! That's me. It must be below me"
27 September 1941, 14:19 (British time)
Aircraft - aircraft: "Where are these ...'s?"
Aircraft - aircraft: "Here we are"
Aircraft - aircraft: "Look out! Enemy attack coming from direction 2 high!"
14:21 (British time)
"They're to the left beyond the coast, under the cloud trail!"
In the various transcripts I checked, the clock system was very rarely used.
Cheers,
Andrew A.
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