Formation flying (in bad weather)...

[Volker_Nemsch]

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Maybe a silly question, but were there official proceedures for formation flying in bad weather (clouds, rain, limited vision due to other reasons)?

Close formations were necessary to see the signals of the flight leader or they were needed for defensive action against attacking aircraft. But but even while flying trough just one several hundred meter thick/long cloud the danger of collisions between aircraft of the same flight was considerable. Did the flight split up in smaller formations of would the flight leader order the others to fly different routes and to re-assemble over a defined location (a town, a river, etc.) after leaving the zone of bad weather?


Any ideas or comments are welcome...

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