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Thank you for an amazing video. Mr Howland is completely knowledgeable about this navigation device! I am thankful to have run across this video and it provided several answers to questions I have had about hyperbolic navigation. A very informative video. I had the honor to meet a navy veteran who steered a landing ship to Juno Beach using Gee. I personally used the cousin of Gee (Decca) when sailing along the eastern coastline of Canada. An amazing navigation tool.

RWW is one of the greatest people to ever live. And his side kick skip Wilkins. If Robert was the father of radar, skip Wilkins was it's mother.

It is never too late to honour Dippy's contribution. Will the Brits step up to the plate?

How b-26?

Dippy's real genius was shown when he went over to the USA to work on LORAN. The system was being developed for the US Navy and there was a Team in the USA who were working on something like GEE. He told the guys in the US that GEE was on the verge of entering service and they would get something in service much faster if they just adopted the UK system as designed. As regards LORAN, he suggested that the LORAN equipment be exactly the same in size, shape, connections and power supplies as the GEE installation as possible, so that any platform using GEE could be switched to the LORAN system by just swapping of a Box and an Aerial.

A person has the right to turn down an award if they choose to.

Wasnt this used on B24 and B29?

Father in law was a navagator with the 381st Bomber Group (B-17) stationed in Ridgewell , England ( Triangle L) and was sent to GEE-H training in early April of 1945. By the time he returned to his crew there was only one more mission in the European Theater during WWII - Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, April 25, 1945.

My Father operated the GEE system. He was a navigator, 381st BG Ridgewell UK. Robert Dippy should have received Knighthood, IMHO, for what he was able to do for Britain, and the entire world. God bless you Sir.

I was searching for DCS Mosquito navigation methods and found this film. Initially, I thought this was another amateur documentary. Alas, how wrong I was! Thank you, sir, for preserving the knowledge of GEE and the story of great men who fought against tyranny.

This is a great video. It needs many more views!

A fascinating presentation, thank you.

I have spent hours trying to find clear details how Gee Navigation worked. I now know thanks to you and this film. There were a lot of geniuses in WWII and so many were never acknowledged for helping to save lives and shorten the war. An utter disgrace. I am a Brit and thank you for this.

The 486th was using Gee-H in the spring of 1944 and had switched to H2X in the fall of '44.

Thank you for this and your service,

I see you talking so rudely about defending (Great) Britain. If there was greatness in the matter, you would have defended them claiming that it is an (empire) But you made "electronic absurdities" that failed even to protect "Only" your small island of evil, which harbors big wolves! Your effort was great, both in the forties and even your technical explanation. Thank you very much for your performance. As for your analysis lol... Please, out of respect for your conscience and humanity, do not glorify criminals who must be held accountable and their place is the dustbin of history just like Hitler and others.. And do not call them never greatness after today! Because history prevents you from that

Thanks

"Clearly we had expected too much of G. What had seemed a device accurate enough for blind-bombing--or at least for blind-releasing of flares--was turning out to be simply an excellent aid to navigation. It could take our bombers within four or five miles of their objective and it could bring them home--both quite invaluable developments--but it had not obviated the need to identify the target with the human eye." page 125 Hyperwar Royal Air Force 1939-1945

One word: WONDERFUL

Excellent video with clear explanations. A recommended read is 'The bombers eye ' ( Saward ). It covers an in depth history of the TRE by someone who was involved in it.

This account was so easy to listen to and I could understand the explanations and examples. My field was telecommunications in the army ( UK 1970's ) and I've always been fascinated by the early days of radar. You're doing a great job preserving the history of this vital technology. I salute you and all the heroes that served the cause of freedom.

John I would love to meet you. Your through explanation of something we know very little about is priceless. I fly the North Atlantic (and most of the planet) in a big airplane and undoubtedly the GPS and inertial platforms prior were exceptional. Arc nav simply amazes me! Thank you sir.

Wonderfully told. Y

Wonderfully told history, both of the events and the people involved. It is so interesting to hear such a detailed personal account. Y

super interessant Domage qu'on ai pas une simulation de navigation , pour se situer , s'orienter, et choisir une direction , en fonction des signaux reçus . Je comprends le principe général , mais c'est pas tres clair en pratique .

Great video. Been reading RV Jones Most Secret War and he also talks about senior planners failing to make the most of available radar and beam guidance technology. He was working out the exact place that the Luftwaffe was going to bomb every night and RAF were failing to shoot any of them down

You'd be hard pressed to find a BBC documentary as good and well explained as this! Thanks

Interesting video

The lovely countryside was SCOTTISH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿...... NOT ENGLISH 👍💪🏼

If you wanted to go to Berlin you needed H2S and a Pathfinder Observer like my Grandfather in 139 Sdn.

Excellent information on a system, an operation, an excellent man mr Robert J. Dippy by another excellent man mr Jake Howland. We really have these and other people to thank for our freedom and opportunity to live our Life.

Nice my Grandfather worked on this through 1944-1945 for the British Admiralty

This man Howland really nailed it with these videos on OBOE and GEE and D-Day, had a good life, RIP my good man.

Thank you for that interesting tale and thank you also for your service Sir.

What a gem of an upload...thanks very much.....

Flying over Prestwick, SCOTLAND, and you say you're enjoying the views of the English countryside, dumb fuck, fuck having you as a navigator.

Interesting story .

"So much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill.

I think you mean ww2, not ww1 they didn't have many bombing aids in first world war.

Interesting ... In '78 I was working in a LAB at TI (Texas Instruments) at the Stemmons site doing GPS development work and at the time TI was making a small computerized unit that computed Long and Lat from LORAN-C signals. A friend of mine was involved with verifying field accuracy of the LORAN-C receiver in those days, working in the TI Marine Com/Nav division. Gene Robinson was head of that division at the time.

I just subscribed, and clicked the bell. This is the sort of content, that make me do such :)

Fantastic...I very much enjoyed that...thank you for posting...we dont know how lucky we are.

"... an invisible grid of GEE position lines which extended approximately 250 miles across Europe. This included the Low Countries and the vital Ruhr area of Germany." "The first large scale attempt to use the GEE navigational system took place on the night of March 8-9th March 1942 when over 200 aircraft, consisting of Wellingtons, Hampden’s, Stirling’s and Manchester’s attacked, Essen was one of the main centres of armament design and production. Industrial haze over the target led to the raid not being a success although the use of GEE enabled 33% of the bombers to reach the general area." www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_gee.htm

Was reading a book about Mosquito Bombers and their role in marking targets for the OBOE system. This was a great explanation of the system.

What happened to Y'alls videos on Venezuela, I really enjoyed them was born there & lived for a while in El Tigre? Thank Y'all for the great videos always nice to hear the first-hand stories.

Wonderful narration, my father was also a 381st navigator based at Ridgewell. His group homed in on Stornoway Scotland, then continued directly to the Valley Wales, depot. Rode a train to Ridgewell

Fantastic account and detail :-)

World War 1 was over by 1944. Glad to help.

Im an artist an my nieghbor wanted me do a painting on his original ww2 bomber jacket. I made the painting as a tribute to this 8th Airforce group. here is a link to my painting on the jacket.joeenglandart.com/8th-airforce-jacket

Thank you for this fascinating film. The ingenuity of the men and women who created the many electronic devices built during the Second World War is incredible, as is the dedication and skill of those who used them in combat.