"Daventry" broadcasts of USAAF + RAF losses

[RodM]

Hi Don,

I figure that 'Daventry' may have been used colloquially by the Germans to refer to news and information broadcast by the BBC Empire Service and the BBC European Service.


In terms of losses, I suspect that British policy at least was to only admit to aircraft that were 'missing', and not aircraft that crashed in friendly territory.

Cheers

Rod

[Don Caldwell]

I've learned from the BBC website that Daventry was the site of the first BBC transmitter to broadcast to the Empire (long-wave, then short-wave), & was used for the first radar experiments, but was shut down soon after the war began & the broadcasts split among several new transmission sites. To the Germans, "Daventry" would have been synonymous with "BBC Overseas Service", whatever the literal truth once the war began.

I don't know how the losses given to the BBC were defined, & will never know -- the data are too sparse. But I have enuf info for my needs. Thanks again.


Don