Jumat, 25 Agustus 2017

The War of Electricity

Long before he gained fame as the leader of Britain’s “Dambuster” raid, Guy Gibson helped pioneer night fighter radar interception during the dark days of the Blitz. On a gray, wet day in November 1940, Flight Lieutenant Guy Penrose Gibson arrived at Digby aerodrome in Lincolnshire, England. At 22, he was an experienced bomber pilot …

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