Re: Luftwaffe Night Fighter Device
 

Hi,
If you read Trenkle's caption carefully, one could get the impression, that 100 sets were completed, but they were never mounted. So it is new that some sets actually were.
bregds
SES

Re: Luftwaffe Night Fighter Device
 

May I second that? I hadn't heard of this bit of kit and I'd never have worked out more than G = Gerät.

Re: Luftwaffe Night Fighter Device
 

Grüß Gott SES and Nick!
Guys, there is pretty substantial evidence in HW 5 that a number of AWG sets were actually fitted to Ju 88G-1s and G-6s during Sept.-Oct. 1944, and perhaps before and after this period. I don’t see any references to Bf 110s. I can't remember the date of the first notice of installation I saw, but the work was done at Langendiebach and installations probably began around mid-summer 1944. As of today, I've simply not gotten beyond the reports of mid-Sept 1944, so I don’t have any information about AWG 1 installations after this time.

During the period I've covered in HW 5, I would guess installations of at least a couple of dozen sets are mentioned. Nick, as a citation, you can check HW 5/597 - CX/MSS/R.330(A), p. 13, para. 29(1). This one message alone specifically records AWG 1 installations completed in five Ju 88G-1s and G-6s at Langendiebach in the period 18-23 Sept. 1944.

Hope this helps.

RA

Re: Luftwaffe Night Fighter Device
 

Hi Rabe,
Thanks a lot. Trenkle's works are the absolute best we have on German WW II electronic systems, but he is like the rest of us not faultless. I have studied German ground based radars since 1972 and I have - with great help of friends - found a couple of systems that Trenkle either did not mention/describe or as with the AWG did mention, but which he thought were never fielded.
bregds
SES