[ARC5] WW II ELINT Book

[Mark K3MSB]

I worked for Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. in the 1980s as a software
engineer for various EW projects.  During that time I was a member of the
Association of Old Crows (AOC).  Last year I was on the AOC website and
they mentioned the book set, so I went over to Amazon to see what was
available.

Volume 1 is available for around $40 or so.  I put this on my Christmas
list and was delighted to find it under the tree on Christmas morning.

Volume 2 is available for around $60 and it covers 1946 to 1964.

Volume 3 is available but I see only one listing for $165.  It covers 1964
to 2000.

Instruments of Darkness, as mentioned by John WA4WDL, covers 1939 to 1945,
and I’m not sure what the content difference is between this book and Vol 1
of the other book.

Other good books:

“Thud Ridge” by Col. Jack Broughton was also under the Christmas tree.  I
read the sequel “Going Downtown” years ago and it is a superb book, so I’m
looking forward to “Thud Ridge” followed by re-reading “Going Downtown”
this summer.

“The Eleven Days of Christmas:  America’s Last Vietnam Battle” by Marshall
L. Michel III.  This is an in depth study of the 1972 “Christmas Bombing”
campaign.  I was really surprised about how this was conducted and also
about LeMay’s / SACs approach of using the B-52 in a conventional bombing
role as opposed to SACs normal nuclear bombing role.  Very good book.

73 Mark K3MSB

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On Apr 1, 2015 10:17 PM, "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:

> *Where did you locate this book? What about later volumes? *
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> *  * * * * * * * * * * * * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * * (Since 30 Nov 53) * *
> k2gkk hotmail com * * Oklahoma City, OK * * USAF & FAA (Ret.) * * * * * * *
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> > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 21:46:58 -0400
> > From: mark.k3msb at gmail.com
> > To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [ARC5] WW II ELINT Book
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> > I just finished reading "The History of US Electronic Warfare. Volume 1-
> > "The Years of Innovation-Beginnings to 1946" by Alfred Price."". It
> > never ceases to amaze me what the "Greatest Generation" did with what
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> > had to work with. I read a lot of WW II history, but I never realized
> > how much radar related ELINT equipment the Allies used. The author
> > claims the use of such equipment saved 600 B-17 aircraft in Europe and
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> > B-29 aircraft in the Pacific. At about 10 men per crew, that's 8000
> > lives!
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> > On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this book an easy 15!!
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> > 73 Mark K3MSB
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