Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "The most produced Bomber in history had a bad reputation | B-24 Liberator" video.

  1. The lens being cleaned at 4:05 is a “Leylight”. They had one on each wing angled to focus at the bomb aiming point. The radar would lose the Uboat at a predictable distance where the lights were powered up. Pilot kept going straight. Bombs released when the conning tower appeared in the crossed beams almost always scored a hit. They were so effective that Uboat crews believed there was a special weapon in use. RN listening stations used radio direction finding to determine location of U-boats radio signals. A bomber was directed in and used radar to find the surfaced sub.
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