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Luftwaffe LKp N101 Flying Helmet
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/U/599
Night fighter pilots relied on verbal instructions passed from Ground Controllers to intercept incoming bombers. Once the Bordfunker (radar operator) picked up the target on the aircraft’s equipment he would pass instructions using his throat microphone, guiding the pilot to within visual range of the target.
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