German air-radars

Hector · Post by **Hector** » 16 Oct 2002 16:51

I'm looking for all kind of information about German WWII air-radars;
Wurtzburger Riese , Freya and Wassermann.
I have found very litle on the net, only a few pictures.
I'm interested in organisation, equipment, manning, support, tactics, more pictures etc. etc.
Primarily on sites in Norway, but I guess statistics will be the same anywhere.

Robert Hurst · Post by **Robert Hurst** » 17 Oct 2002 10:33

Hi Hector

I can't help you with anything at the moment, but I can suggest that you can try looking on the internet for the Schiffer Books website, because in their catalogue they have a book that deals with German WW II radars, such as the ones that you have mentioned in your post.

Regards

Bob

Robert Hurst · Post by **Robert Hurst** » 18 Oct 2002 13:22

Hi Hector

The title of the book that I alluded to in yesterday's post is called 'Ground Radar Systems of the Luftwaffe 1939-1945, by Werner Muller.

This book is published by Schiffer Books. It can only be bought in Europe from Bushwood Books, 6 Marksbury Avenue, Kew Gardens, Surrey, TW9 4JF, UK.

Tel: 44 (0) 20 8393-8585
Fax: 44 (0) 20 8392-9876
E-mail: bushwd@aol.com

Regards

Bob

Hector · Post by **Hector** » 18 Oct 2002 15:33

Hi,
and thanks! Got via the net from US.
And you won't believe how many hits you get when you search for SCHIFFER on net. (Evere heard about Claudia .....)

Thanks again.

Hector

Erich · Post by **Erich** » 18 Oct 2002 16:10

Hector :

What do you have at present ? There are several books in print other than Schiffer's attempts. Also 1/2 web-sites. Try this as one source.

http://www.funkbase.net

E

Scott Smith · Post by **Scott Smith** » 19 Oct 2002 06:14

The Schiffer book is available from Amazon to support this very site by clicking my link below:

CLICK!

Erik E · Post by **Erik E** » 19 Oct 2002 07:09

Würzburg site near Haugesund:
Note the "modified" socket to the right

Hector · Post by **Hector** » 20 Oct 2002 13:54

Hi,

and you even got a piece of the antenna!
Do you know anything obout the history of the site?
Hav you checked the position with GPS?
You'll fin a positionlist on http://www.nuav.net , but so far, we don't get them to match exactly. We end up some hundrets meters away......

Erik E · Post by **Erik E** » 20 Oct 2002 14:07

Hallo!

These photos are still so new, that I havent got time to start researching the various areas......
I don`t have the GPS position, but I have a 100% location on a topografic map. During the last week in September, we visited a lot of coastal batteries and radar sites, including the Knickebein site at Nærbø!

Erik E

Hector · Post by **Hector** » 22 Oct 2002 12:07

Thank's to all of you for pictures and stuff.
I've found quite a lot about the radars itself, history etc, but I miss information about tactical deployment, closedefence, manning and so on. So I keep on begging; does anyone have anything on this?

One site I'm most interested in - as a starter - is the site at Tonsaasen, Norway. It has the standard deployment of 2 Wb R and 1 Freya.

Erik E · Post by **Erik E** » 23 Oct 2002 19:44

As for South-western Norway, the radar`s are placed inside the close defence of existing coastal-artillery batteries in allmost every occation......

EE

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