RAF coordinates in WW II

[Günther Ott]

The RAF position coordinate V 7595 was applied by a nighfighter in January 1944. Can anyone provide for a decoding into usual geographical coordinates?
Thanks
Günther

[Jaap Woortman]

Günther,

See http://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-welcome.php

Jaap

[Günther Ott]

Thanks, Jaap, but the given coordinates "V 7595" do not match with the well known "Modified British System" and I thought that RAF night fighters might have applied a different grid system. This was also the case with Luftwaffe night fighters, possibly for similar reasons.

Günther

[mhuxt]

It helps to know the rough area first, as there are a number of V such-and-suches. Was this mid-channel, north of Switzerland, or near Berlin, for example? You need the correct map, then a wV, or an sV etc.

[Jaap Woortman]

Originally Posted by mhuxt

It helps to know the rough area first, as there are a number of V such-and-suches. Was this mid-channel, north of Switzerland, or near Berlin, for example? You need the correct map, then a wV, or an sV etc.

Günther,

Mhuxt is 100% right. See in the same site http://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-overview.php for an explanation and map. For North-west Europe see the map in the appendix.
You will see that there are voor V7595 several possibilities.
If you are more specific we may be can give some help. Date, Squadron, what has happened there.
One of the possibilities is the border area between Groningen, Drenthe and Nieder-Saksen. A place where I have spent 24 years of my life. I has my special interest.

Jaap

[Günther Ott]

Thanks for your efforts, mhuxt and Jaap. The problem is exactly that there are several possibilities for V 7595 since the second letter is apparently missing. The rough area was likely mid-channel, so that wV7595 would be the best choice. However, vX and vZ in British Cassini Grid cannot be excluded, same as vL and vG in the Nord de Guerre zone. They are all combined with the letter v and all would have covered also some portions of mid-channel areas.

Günther