ground observer

noun

1. a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.

Example Sentences

The middle-aged women were people with cars, who could drive the little boys to country sheds and shacks set up by the Aircraft Warning Service, a civilian component of the Army’s Ground Observer Corps.

From The New Yorker

Ground Observer Corps advertisements can be seen throughout old newspapers from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, boldly asking families which neighbor was watching over their child tonight.

From Washington Times

The aircraft would be restricted to closed movie sets on private or “controlled-access” property, and would have to remain within sight of the pilot or a ground observer.

From Washington Post

Air Force's Ground Observer Corps have spent millions of lonely hours, day and night, scanning the skies for enemy aircraft.

From Time Magazine Archive

A ground observer can see cloud effects about five miles away.

From Time Magazine Archive