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Fighter aircraft raced aloft to shoot down a Nazi reconnaissance plane that appeared overhead as a target spotter. In an hour and 20 minutes the Germans sent over 108 shells, but without "eyes" their shooting grew ragged and not one ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: War on Civilians | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

...south and east headlands scarcely needed to look up to identify skein after skein of German aircraft which, from bases in Nazified France, swept over the Channel and swooped upon British shipping or soared on over Britain to bomb inland objectives. So experienced had many a British "spotter" become that by ear he could tell a squadron of death-pregnant German Heinkels, going out to work, from a flight of British Blenheims returning from work. Meanwhile the Germans adopted new technique: sending a swift, lone leader at high altitude to lay a smoke trail to the objective, which the bombers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Invasion Delayed | 7/29/1940 | See Source »

...behind the loudspeaker is Charley Dale, who has two microphones, one to the stadium and the other to the press box. As a check on the accuracy of the field reports, he enlists the assistance of a spotter from the visiting team each week. And in the press box James, Sullivan '36, former Varsity right-fielder, also keeps an eye out to avoid mistakes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coordinated Efforts of Seven Men Are Needed For Working of Soldiers Field Speaker System | 10/26/1938 | See Source »

...Another whose eyes explored the sea of miners' faces was Detective John Apostolides, famed Communist-spotter of the District of Columbia police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Miners Meet | 2/10/1936 | See Source »

...announcing problem in the press box is one that is causing more than a little trouble this year. When the box was enlarged, it immediately became apparent that the old method of relaying the announcement from a centrally placed spotter to all ends of the enclosure was not going to work when the box was filled to capacity. Accordingly in time for the Army game, two large loud speakers were installed in the center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/24/1929 | See Source »

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