Geoffrey Sinclair
Staff Sergeant
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- Sep 30, 2021
Another option if things are desperate,. Avro Lincoln, first prototype first flight 9 June 1944, first production example in December 1944, all up 46 mark I and 10 mark II built to end May 1945, did not have the B-29 altitude performance but did have a longer range than the Lancaster.
Consolidated P4Y [NX21731], was it flying in 1939 with a pair of R-3350?
The monitoring of the fall out from the Krakatoa eruption showed there were strong winds in the upper atmosphere, and there were various reports pre WWII but it was not until post WWII the key data was determined. Like if they were seasonal, the average speeds, altitudes and so on.
Despatch on War Operations by Arthur Harris. Appendix J paragraph 48, 49.
"A radio technique was developed shortly before and during the war by which both winds and temperatures to levels beyond the troposphere were determined independent of cloud. This not only gave the meteorologist new and fairly plentiful data to great heights but also threw light on the general structure and circulation of the atmosphere. Perhaps one of the most striking early results was that wind velocities well over 200 miles per hour could exist at high altitude.
Brief mention may be made here of some advance in the science of meteorology during the war. An advance in the forecasting of fog has already been mentioned. The biggest step forward, however, came from the enhanced knowledge of the circulation in the upper atmosphere derived from a study of the new observational data obtained from high levels."
A Luftwaffe report noted for one raid into eastern Germany late in the war the route was around a pressure system, ensuring tail winds to and from the target. How much of this was planning is unknown. In contrast the early war period saw new weather effects being logged on a regular basis.
Consolidated P4Y [NX21731], was it flying in 1939 with a pair of R-3350?
The monitoring of the fall out from the Krakatoa eruption showed there were strong winds in the upper atmosphere, and there were various reports pre WWII but it was not until post WWII the key data was determined. Like if they were seasonal, the average speeds, altitudes and so on.
Despatch on War Operations by Arthur Harris. Appendix J paragraph 48, 49.
"A radio technique was developed shortly before and during the war by which both winds and temperatures to levels beyond the troposphere were determined independent of cloud. This not only gave the meteorologist new and fairly plentiful data to great heights but also threw light on the general structure and circulation of the atmosphere. Perhaps one of the most striking early results was that wind velocities well over 200 miles per hour could exist at high altitude.
Brief mention may be made here of some advance in the science of meteorology during the war. An advance in the forecasting of fog has already been mentioned. The biggest step forward, however, came from the enhanced knowledge of the circulation in the upper atmosphere derived from a study of the new observational data obtained from high levels."
A Luftwaffe report noted for one raid into eastern Germany late in the war the route was around a pressure system, ensuring tail winds to and from the target. How much of this was planning is unknown. In contrast the early war period saw new weather effects being logged on a regular basis.