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| Foreword: During the WWW 2, there was definitely no GPS for the Australian, English and SA navigators. They did all their calculations by looking at either the sun, stars or various landmarks etc., also by using a compass to fix their positions. | Foreword: During the WWW 2, there was definitely no GPS for the Australian, English and SA navigators. They did all their calculations by looking at either the sun, stars or various landmarks etc., also by using a compass to fix their positions. | ||
| - | An unforgettable flight: | + | **An unforgettable flight:** |
| In a bombing mission out of England, one of the crew suddenly noticed 2 German fighter planes. They were a fair distance away but closing fast on their slow moving bomber. This would usually mean that they were doomed. Their only salvation was a thick bank of cloud off to the left. Thankfully they reached the cloud before the very efficient German fighters caught up to them. Once inside this cloud, they took evasive action by changing direction and heights frequently. This required Dad to navigate the flight without external landmarks and with constantly changing altitude and direction, just using his mathematics and compass. | In a bombing mission out of England, one of the crew suddenly noticed 2 German fighter planes. They were a fair distance away but closing fast on their slow moving bomber. This would usually mean that they were doomed. Their only salvation was a thick bank of cloud off to the left. Thankfully they reached the cloud before the very efficient German fighters caught up to them. Once inside this cloud, they took evasive action by changing direction and heights frequently. This required Dad to navigate the flight without external landmarks and with constantly changing altitude and direction, just using his mathematics and compass. | ||