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Getting bombers and their escorting fighters to their targets over Europe was only half the battle; those aircraft still had to return through heavy weather to their home bases in Britain, and not be shot down by friendly forces in doing so. This chapter begins by describing how the Allies developed a new system, called Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), which allowed radar operators to distinguish Allied aircraft from enemy planes. It then describes a series of navigation and landing devices that permitted Allied aircraft to operate more securely at night and in heavy overcast. It then describes how a jointly developed radio beacon, named Eureka/Rebecca, became crucial for dropping special operations agents, commandos, and paratroopers behind enemy lines. |
