Article ID: | iaor19912018 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 19 |
End Page Number: | 20 |
Publication Date: | May 1991 |
Journal: | OR Insight |
Authors: | Plymen J. |
Keywords: | history |
From 1941 until 1945, a department of ORS (Fighter Command) was engaged on an elaborate analysis of fighter combat tactics and conditions, from careful study of thousands of films recorded in combat by a cine-camera synchronized with the guns. For each clear film the ORS assessors issued a report informing the pilot whether the attack had been carried out correctly and accurately and what damage, if any, had been inflicted on the target.