Observer Corps Members Sighting Enemy Aircraft

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Mark Cartwright
by P.O. Bridge (RAF Photographer)
published on 23 April 2024
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A photograph showing members of the British Royal Observer Corps and the equipment they used to measure the altitude and position of incoming enemy aircraft during the Second World War (1939-45). The observers were an important element of the Dowding System of defence which helped win the Battle of Britain in 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

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Photographer), P. B. (. (2024, April 23). Observer Corps Members Sighting Enemy Aircraft. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18879/observer-corps-members-sighting-enemy-aircraft/

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Photographer), P.O. Bridge (RAF. "Observer Corps Members Sighting Enemy Aircraft." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 23, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18879/observer-corps-members-sighting-enemy-aircraft/.

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