Was night vision for aviation warfare available in WW2?

Answer 1

Because of the limitations of night vision (no peripheral vision, tendency to be washed out by cockpit lights), it was not seriously employed in operational combat aircraft until the 1990's. I remember having make modifications to out cockpit lighting system to switch to a color the Night vision couldn't "see" so it wouldn't overwhelm the goggles.

Answer 2

No, the only type night vision of WW2 were the pathfinder airplanes. Planes that would take off in advance of the main group and then find the target and drop incendiary bombs on it. The fires started by these bombs were how the main group zeroed in on the target.
That's why there were mistakes made in bombing the wrong targets because the pathfinder planes had a hard time finding the target also. Once they dropped their bombs the main group was committed to that spot.
Sometimes people on the ground ( spies, resistance fighters) would start a signal fire near the target.

Answer 3

They did have a type of night vision in WW2. These were called night glass', they had very large lens' that would condense the light and make things more visible, basically the same way an optical telescope does.

Anthony Pittarelli

Answer 4

Night vision was invented in the late years of WW2 and the Korean War, I dont know of the use in aviation in WW2, but they had it so it is possible they may have tested it.

Answer 5

Yes. There is a famous schene in the film Das Boot, where the submarine is attacked going though the straights of Gibralta at night. This was made possible by radar and IR.

As well as this, the Germans developed an IR spotlight, which they fitted to the Panther.

Luck

Answer 6

No but in WW2 Soviet Specops used this technique: eating a piece of sugar some time before going out in the dark and lighting their open eyes with a red flashlight for approximately 10 seconds.

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Answer 8

no