Night Fighter

After the day fighters saved Britain from invasion, it fell to the night fighters to protect her cities from destruction. At first, intercepting German bombers in the dark was almost impossible, especially since the raiders often chose cloudy weather.

Then navigators were given a mysterious little black box. It proved to be the ancestor of airborne radar and the key to night-fighting tactics. The device made a major contribution to the air war, first shielding British cities from the relentless raids of 1940 and later helping the bombers carry out their vital missions over Germany.

The book follows two of the first men to use the technology: 'Jimmy' Rawnsley and his gunner, 'Cats-eyes' Cunningham. They had the equipment fitted to the Blenheim they were flying, and went on to become one of the RAF's leading night fighter crews, destroying more than twenty enemy aircraft.