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- Search Terms: World War Two
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In a hyperbolic system such as LORAN, a receiver on an aircraft or ship picks up radio signals broadcast by one or more pairs of radio stations spaced hundreds of miles apart.
The Link A-12 Sextant represented a new generation of “averaging” sextants.
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The typically austere conditions present at many remote LORAN stations during World War II.
Lt. Harry Crosby shortly before he deployed to England for combat in B-17 bombers with the 100th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force.
The Mark 3 Plotting Board was used in single-seat aircraft flying in the Pacific.
This compact projector used film strips to overlay star curves onto special plotting charts to determine lines of position.
