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1949
1949 - 1337.PDF
July 28th, 1949 101 " Bombs gone ! "—* dose stick of G.P. " 250s " leaves the famous E.A.A.S. Lincoln Thor II. the Tirpitz) and the Mk. m low-level angular-velocity sight, used so successfully in Coastal Command against U-boats at the end of the war. Because the worth of an instructor can be no greater than his ability to instruct, pupils must go deeply into the technique of lecturing and, before they graduate, have each to give fcur practice lectures. The next phase covers the practical side. It includes bomb handling, preparation, fusing and loading, together with bombsight installation and the important features of levelling and adjustment. Students fly in Lancasters by day and by night, dropping both practice and live bombs from various heights on the ranges of Theddlethorpe and Donna Nook, and practising manipulation of H2S. Then follows the analysis of each exercise, the determination of the errors and the lessons to be learnt and applied. When they leave Manby, they return to their units—to Bomber or Coastal Command, perhaps—to raise the bombing standard and spread the gospel of accuracy; or perchance to an Air Navigation School to train newly fledged navigators in the more precise extension of the art of finding their way to a point in space. Wherever they go, they go with the motto of the Empire Air Armament School in mind—" Knowledge Fortifies the Empire." (Left, below) A student gives a practice lesson on roll stabilization to the rest of the class andinstructors. (Right, below) An Indian student works out his bombing errors. The illustrations to this article anfrom R.A.F. official photographs. Crown copyright reserved.
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