Allied air communiqués have talked guardedly for months of an amazing new instrument which has enabled U.S. and British planes to drop their bombs accurately on invisible targets. Last week this instrument was given a name and brief public description. It is a form of radar which lets airmen see landmarks clearly through the thickest smoke or overcast.
Airmen call it "Mickey." U.S. air officers in Italy last week let New York Times Correspondent Milton Bracker cable the first account of how Mickey works. Flying at 10,000 feet above a thick cloud blanket, Bracker looked through the instrument and saw plainly the...
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