yes they seem to be applying the rules as if they were ‘the law’ rather than their own guidelines.. in case anyone didnt follow the links in the first post and wonder what we’re wittering on about, the story on the BBC site is about the local council refusing to honour Bob Doe by naming a road after him whilst he is still with us…. bizzare.
Neil.

final few..

Good point (& question!)
In 1944 bomber fields used radio; but when? Probably not for departure – a nice signal to the German listening stations.

presumably using radio on the return leg would be risky too, giving away their position to nightfighters???

I can’t access the MOD/RAF site from work (how bizzare!) so cant research when the RAF ATC ‘trade’ came in being… I suspect it was 1944 looking at the NATS website as thats the date they quote for the opening of RAF flying control centres, although again thats for en-route rather than aerodrome control…

interestingly, it was a requirement from 1926 for airliners operating out of Croydon to carry a wireless and a licensed operator..
http://www.nats.co.uk/library/history3.html

Neil.

[You being on the bottom of gods own countyYORKSHIRE :diablo: (hearing the yellow bellie groweling) :diablo: have you visited the bomber county museum at hemswell.I my self havent as yet must try and stop on the way to the caravan at skeg
t,t,f,n
dave…….

nope I’ve not been up to the Hemswell museum.. is it still going? there was something about it on here a while back..??

dont worry, no growling yellow-belly here, just a refugee from ‘darn sarf’ who’s still amazed that he didnt drop off the edge of the world when he passed Watford !! 😀 :p
Neil.