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An RAF bomber with Monica radar crashed in German-occupied territory in February 1943 allowing for the development of Flensburg. The British set was captured just seven days into its operational life in February 1943. On the morning of 13 July 1944, a
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by mistake and was captured. When British military scientists examined the Flensburg equipment, they quickly realised its purpose and informed the RAF, who ordered Monica to be withdrawn from all
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Germany and the Second World War: Volume VII: The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943-1944/5
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Subsequently, further variants of Flensburg (Flensburg II to Flensburg VI) were developed for detecting Allied
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and introduced into service in early 1944. It used wing and tail-mounted
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History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917–1945
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Index

Siemens & Halske
dipole antennae
VHF
MHz
Luftwaffe
nightfighters
Monica tail warning radar
RAF
Junkers Ju 88G-1
NJG 2
RAF Woodbridge
RAF Bomber Command
radar jammers
Hinsley 1988


Aders 1978
Boog, Krebs & Vogel 2006
Addison & Crang 2006
ISBN
978-1-84413-928-6
ISBN
978-0-354-01247-8
Boog, Horst
Germany and the Second World War: Volume VII: The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943-1944/5
ISBN
978-0-19-822889-9
Hinsley, Harry
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
ISBN

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