STUDYING FLAK.
ARMY SPECIALISTS. FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE. LONDON. Army officers are now flying with Royal Air Force bombers on day and night missions to study the enemy’s anti-aircraft fire. Known as flak liaison officers, they are gunnery specialists, and as the ground defences open up and the shells burst near their bombers, they can tell from experience not only the type of flak but the approximate strength of the enemy batteries engaged, and sometimes even the kind of fire control being used. Their knowledge goes into a valuable pool for both the Royal Air Force and the Army. Flak officers are all volunteers and enthusiasts for a task which takes them over some of the most heavily defended parts of Europe. Many of them wear a single wing as qualified air gunners, and they have on occasion flown in that capacity.
German methods of ground defences have changed a good deal in the past two years, blit the changes have been noted by these Army officers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 34, 19 November 1943, Page 3
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