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Royal Observer Corps aircraft spotters during World War II. It was the creed of the British War Department and the Air Ministry, at the start of the war, that accurate recognition of high-flying and fast-moving aircraft was not possible. The spare-time volunteers of the Observer Corps disagreed and between 1938 and 1939 they started developing ...
BRC is a 12 week course (69 training days) with an average training day of 15.5 hours and introduces the students to the amphibious reconnaissance environment. During this tenure, they gain working knowledge of the reconnaissance doctrines, concepts and techniques that emphasize ground and amphibious reconnaissance missions.
The training and intense watching bore dramatic fruit in the autumn of 1943 when observers at a post in West Palm Beach, Florida, saw and reported instantly the passage of a German aircraft bearing American markings over their post. The fact that the plane was one that had been captured in Europe and was being flown back to the United States ...
A spotter is a person used in vehicle maneuvers to assist a driver who may not have a clear view in their direction of travel. [1] [2] They are most commonly used in: Off-road rock crawling; Reversing truck and trailer combinations, such as semitrailers, b-trains and road trains; Placing oversized freight using a forklift
The 1.5 million civilian observers at 14,000 coastal observation posts performed naked eye and binocular searches to detect German or Japanese aircraft. Observations were telephoned to filter centers, which forwarded authenticated reports to the Aircraft Warning Service , which also received reports from Army radar stations .
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi poses on the day of her swearing in ceremony, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2025.
Weather spotter, an individual who observes the weather to inform media or others Storm spotter, a weather spotter who observes severe weather events; Aircraft spotter, a hobbyist who tracks and records the movement of aircraft; Bus spotter, a hobbyist who seeks to see all buses in a particular fleet or produced by a particular manufacturer
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