[Milsurplus] AN/APQ-1 Usage

[J. Forster]

A few days ago, someone posted a link to an APQ-1 on fleaBay:  250623202824

It was ID'd as a "Sandy" airborn jammer for German HF tank radios.

I got to wondering how useful it'd really have been in practice, because
it would have required the aircraft to orbit close to the battlefield with
the related hazzards of getting shot down. Also how long could a WW II
plane have lingered over the target area.

Was it only deployed after air supremacy had been achieved, or what?

Best,

-John

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