![]() ![]() In early 1941 Farnborough produced the first pre-production batch of Mk I gyro sights and a Spitfire and Defiant were flown into the airfield to be fitted. Intelligence summaries of combat reports quoted pilots who could not understand why their fire seemed to have no effect, even when a long burst was fired from an ideal position. Meanwhile, the Air Staff's fears about inaccurate shooting had been borne-out. It is the considered opinion of the Gunnery Research Unit that the true value of the sight cannot be proved without operational trials, and before full production is authorised we respectfully advise that a number of Squadrons should be equipped to enable the pilots, after all the advice that can be given by them, to find for themselves to what extent it aids them in actual combat. But the Director of the Gunnery Research Unit advised: As soon as the Air Staff heard that the design had been completed they made arrangements to rush it into production, the prime contractors being Ferranti and Elliot Bros.
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