[Milsurplus] WWII EW Efforts

[jmfranke]

Also Price's "Instruments of Darkness" which focusses on the British 
efforts.

John WA4WDL  (an Old Crow for over thirty years)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Johnson" <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>
To: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>
Cc: "MILSURPLUS" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] WWII EW Efforts


>I would also recommend all three volumes of  "The History of US
> Electronic Warfare, by Alfred Price, published by the Association of Old
> Crows.  Volume one deals with WWII era countermeasures.
>
> 73,
> Scott W7SVJ
>
> Mike Morrow wrote:
>>> For those interested in electronic warfare, look for a book called
>>> "The Wizard War."  Fascinating.
>>>
>>
>> One of the very top talents in the UK's A.D.I.(Science) scientific 
>> intelligence organization in WWII was Sir Reginald V. Jones, CBE.  In 
>> 1978 he wrote "Most Secret War" describing these efforts.  The book was 
>> reprinted in paperback in 1998.
>>
>> This book contains a great amount of technical details about the German 
>> navigation and bombing and radar systems that Jones was combatting, and 
>> the British systems that were used to counter them.  The author was a 
>> very gifted writer, one who adds many side discussions of personal, 
>> historical, or technical interest.  Highly recommended.
>>
>> He discusses all those electronic emissions of allied bombers, which 
>> apparently were the best aid that German nightfighters had for locating 
>> allied bombers.   His office recommended turning off the IFF 
>> transponders, which some pilots apparently refused to do because they 
>> erroneously thought that their IFF somehow interfered with German 
>> searchlight radars.
>>
>> Apparently most of those tail-warning radars were abandoned after only 
>> short periods of use for the reason that they served as nightfighter 
>> homing beacons (this isn't addressed in the book)!
>>
>> Mike / KK5F
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