Shame you did ask this about 2 years ago while my Dad's memory was still reasonable; in the Vera Lynn War he was a trainee Observer/Navigator in the Fleet Air Arm. He probably used things like this in Fairey Swordfish, Albacore and Barracuda, and in a Consolidated PBY Catalina.
My guess is that Wind Speed and Direction would be part of the "Input Settings" to calculate your course.
Dad's longest Pilot was completely up for laughs and undisciplined. One time over the sea at night in Winter off Arbroath, Scotland, he repeatedly refused to obey Dad's new compass heading, so Dad held the speaking tube's mouth piece into the airstream. Dad: "he never disobeyed me again!"
Another time Dad's pilot ignored Dad, and the warning flare, and landed on another Swordfish which was taking off. Fair damage but no injuries. Pilot did lots of other crazy things, then "borrowed" a Stringbag to take a girl friend to a restaurant. Without an O/N he got lost and had to ditch in the Channel.
CO said that it was "Better for the War effort that you leave the service and and make patriotic films, rather than bending valuable aircraft". And so ended Lord Laurence Olivier's military career.