Originally Posted by
Top_Gunn
How about D.C.T. Bennett, who devised the first (I think) ferry route across the North Atlantic early in WWII?
Well that did not take long.... Don Bennett it is. Navigation and instrument flying expert, famous for forming and leading the RAF Bomber Command Path Finder Force. The ferry system was arguably more important to the war effort than the formation of the Path Finder Force, given the time when it occurred. The unusual configuration was the Short Mayo/Mercury composite flying boat and the target he was shot down over was the Turpitz battleship then moored in Norway.
This is the web site I referred to:
https://www.webofstories.com/storytellers it is a series of video recordings of reminiscences of well known scientist and other notable people. Given their ages there are several WW2 descriptions that are worth listening to. Bernard Lovell on developing airborne radar; Ken Adams on almost shooting himself down firing rockets from a Typhoon. Mostly they are not war related but engrossing nevertheless, the discovery of DNA and Pulsars for instance not to mention Stan Lee describing how he spoofed DC superheros.
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