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Re: Operation Steinbock navigational aids - locations in NW Europe
Thanks again Nick, I may look at those files when I next visit UKNA.
Ref my first post and the question about whether 'Zange 11 & 12' were the same as 'Messer 11 & 12', despite the slightly different locations mentioned for each, I note that the captured KG 6 diary in ADI(K) 150 contains an entry (4 Feb) referring to 'Zange' (searchlight) at Ostend. Presumably this was 'Hobel 1 & 2'. My deduction is that 'Zange' is a generic term used to describe any directional searchlight(s), rather than a specific alternative codename for the searchlights at St. Valery-en-Caux / Fecamp. I had to look it up, but I see 'Zange' means 'tongs' in German, which is a rather neat way of describing what two converging searchlights would look like from the air - i.e. a pair of tongs.
Does that seem plausible?
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