Royal Air Force- Air Defence of Great Britain (adgb), 1943-1944. The interior of the No. 10 Group Operations Room at Middle Wallop, Hampshire. On the lowest level, in the lower right of the image, is the main plotting board. Here the 'plotters' use roulette rakes to move wooden blocks on the map to show the position of various aircraft. They receive location reports from radar stations and observers via the 'tellers' operating the telephones, roughly centred in the image. The large black-coloured board on the far left lists information such as the weather and the availability and status of var
Royal Air Force- Air Defence of Great Britain (adgb), 1943-1944. The interior of the No. 10 Group Operations Room at Middle Wallop, Hampshire. On the lowest level, in the lower right of the image, is the main plotting board. Here the 'plotters' use roulette rakes to move wooden blocks on the map to show the position of various aircraft. They receive location reports from radar stations and observers via the 'tellers' operating the telephones, roughly centred in the image. The large black-coloured board on the far left lists information such as the weather and the availability and status of various squadrons under their command. The men on the left of the image use the information on the map and these boards to make command decisions, and forward them via telephone to the squadrons.
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Keywords: 2, conflict, military, war, world, ww2
