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Less than two months after arriving in England, Crosby had his first major test as a lead navigator on the Eighth Air Force’s most daring mission to date. The target was a German naval installation. It was regarded as a major success, and Crosby received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts.
While returning from a “shuttle” mission to the Soviet Union on July 5, 1944, the 100th Bomb Group attacked targets in France. Crosby used this map during the mission.
Gee receivers like this one were used extensively in the Allied bombing campaigns over Europe during World War II.
She served as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Auxiliary Station at Camp Kearney, California.
This cropped wartime advertisement utilized the spotlight given to the newly established aircrew position of non-pilot navigator.
Naval aviators had unique navigational challenges in the expansive environment of the Pacific theater.
This Navy radar scope would have been used on long-range patrol aircraft for navigation and target location late in World War II and during the early Cold War.
This chart was used in conjunction with the ZB-1 Radio Homing Adapter.
