WAR NEWS-ITEMS IN PICTURES
... WORK AT A CONTROL CENTRE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS Speed is the essence of the whole work of the Royal Observer Corps. The R.O.C use enough telephone wires to go four times round the world, and it is only ...
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The Sphere
ACTIVITIES in the HOME COUNTRY: Shown in Recent Photographs from Many Parts of England
... past. Danson ark is included in London s Green Belt THE STAND-DOWN CEREMONY OF THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS A pic ture taken at the official stand-down of the Royal Observer Corps at North Weald. The ceremony ...
The Renewed AIR ATTACKS on LONDON
... information from Royal Observer Corps centres, too, crippled British aircraft are homed, pilots are fished out of the drink and sirens are sounded PLOTTING THE COURSE OF EVERY AIRCRAFT on the Operations Table at a Centre of the Royal ...
ROOF OVER BRITAIN
... composed of her static defences as well the anti-aircraft batteries, the searchlights, the balloon barrage and the Royal Observer Corps. At the beginning of the war the 44 roof was only a fairly tough framework hot, even so, among the nations it was second ...
BATTLE OVER BRITAIN: Air Units of Western Union in a Nine-Day Exercise
... valuable training had been given not only to fighters and guns, but also to the radar warning and reporting teams and the Royal Observer Corps. At the invitation of Mr. Henderson, Secretary of State for Air, M. Jean Moreau, the French Air Minister, paid a three-day ...
RADIOLOCATION VERSUS THE BOMBER
... mechanics and are manned by R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. personnel. At Headquarters the Radiolocator s messages, and those of the Royal Observer Corps, are communicated instantly to R.A.F. Operations Rooms, where they are plotted on large table-maps, as shown in the ...
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... to 20 Barnardo House, Stepney Causeway, London, E. 1. NO CROSS WORDS 6 4EDTEX UNDERWEAR ALWAYS PLEASES! I kt It THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS 'Eclipse Blades are now made only in the popular slotted pattern, and though scarcer than usual, they are still obtain ...
BEHIND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
... Fighter Command THE FIRST LINK IN THE CHAIN OF CIVIL DEFENCE A post of the Royal Observer Corps in the wilds of England The movements of all aircraft hostile or friendly are observed by posts such as these and immedi ately reported to Headquarters. The work ...
THE FIRE-GUARDS OF BRITAIN
... including the W.A.A.F.s, the A.T.S., the W.R.N. S., the Home Guard and the Auxiliary Coast-guards. (2) Any member of the Royal Observer Corps. (3) Any constable. (4) Any pilot holding a licence issued under the Pilotage Act, 1913- (5) Any doctor. (6) Any master ...
PREPARING for the BOMBERS: The Latest Developments in the Operation of Our New Searchlights and Guns
... means forms another instance of the adaptation of existing means and their subsequent improvement. The ears of the Royal Observer Corps are still used but cannot locate with the accuracy demanded for gunfire. Mechanical ears consisting of large trumpets ...
A LONDON NEWSLETTER
... Europe. Observers, Please. when peace came, fifteen months ago, the Royal Observer Corps was scrapped. Now Mr. Morrison (much as Mr. Eden did when in 1940 he called into being the L.D.V.) has in a ringing broadcast ordered the old Observers ...
With the ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT
... the ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE^ WESTERN A reconnaissance under fire is always an interesting affair for both pilot and observer, and some idea of how full of incident such work can be may be judged from a personal narrative by a member of the Royal Flying ...