A UK friend has been translating a German language book "Rotterdam Protokol". It includes a lengthy interrogation of a US aircrew member who talks expansively about the AN/APS-15 radar. The interview is dated 26/4/44 but his date of capture is unknown.
At a similar time a B-24 was captured near Calais with an intact AN/APS-15 Meddo set. It is not known if the prisoner was from that aircraft.
Most of the information he supplied is about the use of the radar in A/S. He also referred to being involved with B-18A Bolo MAD aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico in May 1943. His remarks muddle MAD and sonobuoy characteristics together either to mislead the Germans or through poor understanding.
Can anyone throw light on the airman and his aircraft/unit/history?
Possibly he was in an A/S squadron based at Dunkeswell until the AAF withdrew to be replaced by USN units. He might have moved to 8th Air Force at that time.
And the identity of the Calais B-24?
Calais is away from the normal A/S areas which were the Bay of Biscay and the west of Ireland at that time. It seems more likely that it was a bomber aircraft.
At a similar time a B-24 was captured near Calais with an intact AN/APS-15 Meddo set. It is not known if the prisoner was from that aircraft.
Most of the information he supplied is about the use of the radar in A/S. He also referred to being involved with B-18A Bolo MAD aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico in May 1943. His remarks muddle MAD and sonobuoy characteristics together either to mislead the Germans or through poor understanding.
Can anyone throw light on the airman and his aircraft/unit/history?
Possibly he was in an A/S squadron based at Dunkeswell until the AAF withdrew to be replaced by USN units. He might have moved to 8th Air Force at that time.
And the identity of the Calais B-24?
Calais is away from the normal A/S areas which were the Bay of Biscay and the west of Ireland at that time. It seems more likely that it was a bomber aircraft.
