Rosins ? - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

CJE · #1 21st July 2010, 17:25

In a combat report, a British night-fighter pilot wrote: "No Rosins were showing nor was there any response to the interrogator. The type was definitely not British."
What is/are "Rosins"?

TIA

Chris

Chris Goss · #2 21st July 2010, 17:44

I would guess this is a typo of Resins i.e Resin Lights

CJE · #3 21st July 2010, 17:49

Possibly a typo, but what are Resin Lights?

Chris Goss · #4 21st July 2010, 18:09

See this thread

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ighlight=Resin

CJE · #5 21st July 2010, 18:18

Thanks Chris.
Found this, too: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/i...threaded&start=

Bill Walker · #6 21st July 2010, 19:08

I believe they were a type of infrared identification light, fitted to RAF night fighters late in the war. You needed an infrared viewer to see them.

CJE · #7 21st July 2010, 19:31

Hi Bill,

What do you mean by "late in the war"?
The report I'm talking of is dated August 1943.

Chris

Bill Walker · #8 22nd July 2010, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJE

Hi Bill,

What do you mean by "late in the war"?
The report I'm talking of is dated August 1943.

Chris

Sorry, brain fart there. It appears Resin were simply coloured lights, in use as early as 1941. There were experiments with infrared lights in 1944, but apparently under a different name.