Evening All, I'd never heard the term 'Timothy Target' before reading this story on the Legion Magazine website: http://legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2010/06/bedlam-at-the-lamone/ The only other reference I can find is this one from the Canadian Army AHQ historical report series: http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/doc/ahqr-rqga/ahq031-2.pdf Prof Copp states the Timothy Target procedure was new at the time. Was it an attempt to standardise air support procedure along the lines of what already existed for artillery, ie Mike, William, Yoke, etc? Were there other Target designations other than Timothy?
I've seen a reference to the Timothy Method, which was originated by the RAF in Italy and first used on Nov. 12,1944. Supposedly a method of close air support for ground assaults where a fluid bomb line was established and controlled by a Rover. It had a counterpart for strafing only support called the Pig Method. Some detailed descriptions of this in Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support by B. Franklin Cooling
