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This is very interesting in view of something I have been writing which involves Second World War weather reconnaissance operations. The Germans were clearly under a forecast handicap in both world wars, as they had no permanent reporting stations west of the European coast; in the Second World War they relied heavily on sporadic reports from U-boats (plus at least one robot station planted in Labrador) but even this was unavailable to them in 1917-1918. Given that many Zeppelin raids failed owing to unforeseen weather and the necessity for data to assist in raids on Britain (to say nothing of orthodox Western Front operations) the possibility that they attempted airborne weather reconnaissance sorties exists (I am not sure of the PROBABILITY but pioneering work often pushes the possible to the edge of probability). If any more details of even experimental meteorological flying for this period comes to light, I would appreciate hearing of it.
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