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Here at last is the exciting, detailed story of the U.S. Eighth Air
Force's only Radar Countermeasure squadron that flew from England
duing World War II. This book tells of the men of the elite 36th
Bomb Squadron and the special operations they flew in modified
B-24s to jam the German radar which controlled the fighter and flak
batteries. Here too is the story of the men behind the scenes who
sought to develop an extension of modern air warfare into the
electronic arena and keep ahead of German scientists in the "War in
the Ether." This chronological account gathered from secret
records, personal diaries, and interviews with the "Old Crows"
describes the night missions with the Royal Air Force and the
daylight missions with the Eighth. The first jamming mission on the
morning of D-Day "contributed materially to the success of the
landings on the beachhead." Later missions during the Battle of the
Bulge involved trickery, ingenious deception, spoofs, and tank
communications jamming. This squadron flew on bad weather days,
when the rest of the Eighth Air Force stood down, and paid its
price in blood. Before the war in Europe ended the 36th Bomb
Squadron screened Eighth Air Force radio transmissions to stop the
enemy from learning important mission details. Here now is the
story of how this secret squadron saved many Allied lives during
World War II. Included are over 330 rare photographs and
illustrations never before published.
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