Hi All. It is me again with a question for those who are more knowledgeable than I am.
Were taxiway lights used on forward combat strips? If not did they use taxiway signs? Did the crews get around ok using landing/taxi lights? How did they find their way to the hardstands in the dark?
I do know from reading that the runway lights in some cases were just a string of lights on wire that were laid on the ground and that wires were easily severed by being run over.
I am currently make Pitoe Drome on Morotai (PTO) and that was a bomber base with 2 parallel runways and around 100 or so hardstands.
From what I have read from pilot accounts of their service at this base most missions were scheduled so that they took of in daylight and landed in daylight. The only night operations were the Snooper radar anti-shipping missions which were dark to dark.
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome because I am in the dark on this. (Pun intended)
Thanks,
Joe
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