I was just browsing through the Duxford Update website (well worth a look in itself) and stumbled upon a page about the development and use of blind bombing aids by the Luftwaffe, and of the British efforts to jam and otherwise interfere with these devices.
The page has pictures and diagrams to help illustrate the story, and it’s written largely in layman’s terms. Amongst the pictures are some great internal shots of the IWM’s recently restored Anson, and there are some sound files giving examples of the sounds the equipment transmitted into the airmen’s earphones.
I found it accessable, interesting and enjoyable,so I thought I’d spread the word! Click the link below and click on the tab marked ‘Battle of the Beams’ at the bottom of the menu on the left.
By: Deryck - 3rd May 2006 at 14:44
Interesting, in North Bedfordshire we lived under the ‘beam’ route to the Industrial Midlands, like Coventry and Birmingham and the Luftwaffe bomber stream was continuous. Occasionaly one would dump his bombs but generally it was very quiet. On moonlight nights we used to lie outside on the grass and try to see the aircraft cross the moon. Never did see one!The Duxford site is good, must get my kid to have a look at it.
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May 1, 2006 at 1:41 am