Reading up on FuG 202 / 220
Lichtenstein antennas, this might finally prove to someone that the photo of "4R+AS" was taken in Spring 1944 or later.
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenstein_radar
""By late 1943, the Luftwaffe was starting to deploy the greatly improved FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2, operating on a longer-wavelength of 90 MHz (lower end of the US VHF FM broadcast band) frequency which was far less affected by electronic jamming, but this required the much larger "Hirschgeweih" (stag's antlers) antennas, with only eight dipole elements, looking like a much-enlarged version of what occupied the forward end of each one of the earlier quadruple Matratze masts. This aerial setup also produced tremendous drag and slowed the operating aircraft by up to 50 km/h (30 mph). The first SN-2 set had a problem with a huge minimum range of 500 meters, initially requiring the retention of a supplementary B/C or C-1 set with its full set of four Matratze masts, but the alarming drag that full sets of both types of antennas caused, from both radars being installed, later changed the requirement to only a "one-quarter" subset of the earlier Matratze array at the end of a single mast, centrally mounted on the nose of the aircraft when the BC or C-1 UHF radar remained installed. Improvements in spring 1944 led to newer SN-2 versions with lower minimum range, which allowed the older UHF radar system to be removed entirely. In July 1944, the newest version of the SN-2 radar fell into Allied hands when a fully equipped Ju 88 G-1, of 7 Staffel/NJG 2, flew the wrong way on a landing beacon and landed in England by accident, with the crew not realising the mistake until it was too late to destroy the radar or IFF gear. This led to successful jamming of several frequency bands of the FuG 220 (I to III, 72, 81 and 90 MHz), and a partial adoption of the use of the low-to-mid VHF band FuG 216 and 217 Neptun radar set, but several other bands that the SN-2 used were still operational. After the Allied jammings the FuG 220 antenna setup was optimized for the still operational bands, the 90-degree vertical dipole setup was changed to a 45-degree diagonal setup.""
What does this red marked sentence indicate? I say it indicates (but not entierly proves, as exact dates are not yet found), the date of them photos taken, might be later than stated. Rememer the photo of "4R+AS" nose and its FuG 220
Lichtenstein SN-2 antennas.
http://www.digitalaviationart.com/fo...Jan1944_02.jpg
Single older antenna has been removed. No doupt there. Removing this and having an "Jazz Musik" installed, the minimum range problem (500 m) must have been solved by the time this photo was taken. This (smallish) detail and "Jazz Musik" installation indicate to me, them fotos are possibly taken in spring 1944 or later.
-Ed
Further reading on FuG 202 / 220 as flown to Switzerland in spring 1944. Older antennas (on Bf 110) were still in use by March/April 1944.
http://www.cdvandt.org/Lichtenstein%20radars.pdf (Note: slow loading, give it time)