Lawrence Hogben, D-Day meteorologist - obituary

[chris]

Naval officer and meteorologist who joined the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck and helped to determine the timing of the D-Day landings



www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11449835/Lawrence-Hogben-D-Day-meteorologist-obituary.html#disqus_thread

[tubman13]

Chris, thank you. One of history's little known big players!

Regards,
Tom

[chris]

You're welcome Tom.


From the article:



As bad weather developed during the latter half of May, teams of forecasters made their predictions, while their leader, Group Captain James Stagg, tried to achieve consensus before making his recommendation to Eisenhower. Hogben later recalled: “We never agreed about anything except that Stagg was not a good meteorologist and that he was a bit of a glory hound.”

Best,
c.