Originally posted by Debonair
you should actually pick up and read a history book someday instead of making incorrect statements and unsubstantiated opinions all the time.
Post the specific reference and I'll go read it. Don't make assumptions about what I have actually learned at what I have not. Especially in the context of a generic remark where you're not even telling me why you think I'm wrong, or on which point. I've read plenty and I have never seen any reference to an IFF system in WWII with the exception of voice coms.
In the case of the British system, all of the plotting was done on a table moving little wooden markers around based on the information collected via the simple radar system they had, and the radio discussions with flights in the air. The only thing they knew with certainty was the position of the friendlies. Enemies were the unexplained spots. This information is available in MANY books, most recent one I read on it was
Duel of Eagles by Townsend. You know - Because I don't read or anything. That book goes into EXHAUSTIVE description of how Fighter Command worked and exactly what the radar was capable of. Even if I didn't read, you can hardly turn on History channel or Military channel without the same information being spoon fed to you.
All the time I do this? Sure, what ever. You know, when I go back and read many of my posts I see in there pretty much every time a sentence that says something too the effect of 'If you have information that proves me wrong, please post it - I'd rather learn it than be ignorant' - And in every case where someone has done that I have thanked them for the information.
I did the same thing here. So give me the reference and I'll go read it.
You're talking about the same war where the first wave at Pearl Harbor went unopposed because a radar operator thought they were the flight of B17's coming in from San Francisco... Radar SO sophisticated that they can't tell a flight big friendly aluminium bombers from a flight of small wooden enemies..
