The P-61 was a beautiful ship to fly. It didn’t have a wicked bone in its body, and would tolerate mishandling that would ...

My wartime experience was that of a WAAF Radar Operator. It is difficult now to realise how amazing the invention of radar was considered to be during the second world war. Until Watson Watt ...

When the radar operator is finally able to lock onto the moving target, he yells, “Whoa! Got him!” “What the f–k is that?,” someone is heard saying over the radio in the video.

lacked an aircraft suited to carry the equipment and a radar operator that could also remain aloft for eight hours or more. The British Purchasing Commission was shopping aircraft in America’s ...

The radar operators’ job was to detect approaching planes and report unusual contacts to the center. Center personnel would evaluate the information and determine if the aircraft might be ...