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July 22nd 1940.


antarmike

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A radar equipped Bristol Blenheim, used as a night fighter, intercepts and shoots down a Dornier Do17. The Kill, of Selsey Bill, is the first time a fighter has been guided by its own radar to find and destroy an enemy plane at night.

... and the myth that eating carrots helps you see in the dark was born, to disguise this fact.

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