[Larry Hickey]

Larry,

If this was one of the first successful radar intercepts, this event may be hugely significant in the history of WWII. The Fairey Battle formation was wiped out by the fighters reportedly scrambled as a result of their detection by this unit. The British formation was on a high-altitude photographic recon of the Saarbrücken-Merzig area. Is this consistent with the position of the radar site as you indicated? Would this have been one of the first successful radar interceptions of the war? I hope that SES does see this and add what he knows about this radar site, and whether a German report still exists of the radar detection of this formation and the following air battle.

Can anyone provide a photo of this or a similar radar site from this period for the EoE Project account of this mission? We are now in a position to reconstruct what happened in great detail in the air.

Regards,

Larry