Re: 15th AF B-17 PFF - s/n 42-97737?
I have a book on Electronic Warfare. "Wild Weasels:The Sam Suppressions Story" by Larry Davis (Squadron Signal 6042". While the majority of the book deals with the war in Vietnam, there is a small portion on WWII, with a couple of small photographs showing the Ferret B-17s used by the 16th Reconnaissance Squadron. These photographs show the large radar radome (which looks to be fixed) along with three APA-24 direction finding antennas. The picture of 42-30437 shows the large radar radome, but not the three APA-24 antennas.
On the 16th RCN SQ, it has the following:
In Europe, it was the 16th Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the 16th Ferret Squadron,that pioneered anti-radar tactics. Based at Foch Field ,Tunisia, the 16th Sq flew missions against southern Europe...They carried out their missions from April 21,1943 through the Salerno invasion in September 1943 with only four ferret aircraft"
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