2700 million candlepower

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Is this for real?

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Thirty-nine Havoc IIs were later modified to carry 2700 million candlepower Turbinlite searchlights in their noses, and had all their armament deleted. The searchlights were powered by large and heavy batteries carried in the bomb bay. The theory of their operation involved their cooperation with Hurricane fighters. Ground radar would locate the enemy aircraft, and the Havoc II (Turbinlite) would illuminate the target aircraft so that it could be attacked by the Hurricanes. These Turbinlite Havoc IIs served briefly until the development of centimetric radar made such techniques obsolete. The ten operational squadrons which had been formed around the Havoc I and II were disbanded in early 1943.

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