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100 1  Cropper, Eric|4aut 
245 10 Back Bearings|h[Elektronisk resurs] /|cEric Cropper 
264  1 |bPen and Sword,|c2022 
300    336 sidor 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
500    |5MoE|aOnline epub (8.6 MB) 
500    |5MoE|aOffline epub med Adobe-kryptering (8 MB) 
520    Eric Cropper’s RAF career started in 1943 and ended 
       in 1968. It covered a period when the navigation of 
       aircraft changed from astro, dead reckoning and drift 
       bearings all plotted by pencil on charts, to press-button 
       radio and satellite information that can instantly 
       pinpoint a position anywhere on the planet to within 5 
       meters. The then vital skills of a good navigator are now 
       mostly redundant. Ships, aircraft, trucks and cars seldom 
       use maps let alone carry a navigator. This autobiography 
       by one of the RAF’s top exponents of both the 
       ancient and modern forms of the art explains in 
       considerable detail how this rapid and revolutionary 
       improvement occurred in the air.After his initial training,
       Eric started his operational career as navigator in a No 
       103 Squadron Avro Lancaster. During his tour, on 7 July 
       1944, the squadron took part in a raid on Caen. 
       Immediately after releasing their bombs, the aircraft was 
       struck from astern, losing the tail gunner and turret and 
       a large part of the tailplane. Having regained control 
       from a 3,000 feet dive they nursed the stricken aircraft 
       back to England where it crash landed at Tangmere. They 
       later discovered that they had been hit by another 
       Lancaster. Having completed his tour of operations, Eric 
       was posted as an instructor, completing the Staff 
       Navigator Course. From 1946 to 1948 he moved to HQ Bomber 
       Command on the Air Staff and then moved to the Empire Air 
       Navigation School as a specialist Navigator.His later 
       career included research and development at RAE 
       Farnborough, an exchange posting with the USAF in Alaska, 
       a staff position at RAF Cranwell, Station Commander at RAF
       Gan in the Maldive Islands, the command of a transport 
       squadron and a Staff position at the RAF College of Air 
       Warfare. This is a fascinating memoir of one of the RAF&
       rsquo;s senior navigational experts that explains both 
       service life and the revolution in navigational techniques
       that took place during his service career. [Elib] 
653    E-bok 
653    eLib 
655  4 E-böcker 
655  4 Historia 
655  4 Memoarer & Biografier 
655  4 Samhälle & politik 
852    |5MoE|bMoE|cE-Bok|hLz/DR|xorigin:Elib|zOnline epub (8.6 
       MB)|zOffline epub med Adobe-kryptering (8 MB) 
856 4  |uhttps://malmo.elib.se/Books/Details/1129783|zLåna som E-
       bok