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Don't forget "MAD"
IN addition to RADAR there was HF/DF and some early versions of magnetic anomally detection gear for ASW. Sonobouys were also a WW2 development, First dropped by a B-18 Bolo in the Gulf. Think it was July 25, 1942. First operational squadron use was by RAF Sunderlands (wikipedia).
Hey guys - everyone is talking about these long legged patrol aircraft but what kind of equipment are they carrying to FIND their targets, and IMO the primary target would be a sub (If an aircraft carrier happens to cruise by!) Brag about range and bombload, if you can't target anything you're just burning fuel!
...Of course you can't home on a passive system! It's not emitting anything! removing Metox made the U boats vulnerable to the most primitive forms of ASV which it had formerly defeated...
How I remember the story, I probably read it from Price's Instrument of Darkness in 70s, Germans first doubted the story given by a CC prisoner but then one German professor told to the Dönitz staff that receivers sometimes also emitted and when Germans made a test they found out that Metox really emitted not much but detectable amount and then they believed the story and Dönitz ordered to remove Metoxes.
Juha
Mr Flyboy J
I believe that in this thread we judge the aircrafts as aerial platforms. Obviously equipment is very important part but a radar set is not unique to any particulary aircraft, any aircraft can carry it . A Do 24 is superior to a Catalina and an Emily superior to a Sunderland as aircrafts.
Mosquito was the best NF not beacause of its radar, other alleid nf caried the same radars, but because of its characteristics as an aircraft
Besides that ,there were many submarines kills in WW2 by patroling aircrafts without radar ( I think "Wahoo" was susch a case)
Mr Flyboy J
I believe that in this thread we judge the aircrafts as aerial platforms. Obviously equipment is very important part but a radar set is not unique to any particulary aircraft, any aircraft can carry it . A Do 24 is superior to a Catalina and an Emily superior to a Sunderland as aircrafts.
Mosquito was the best NF not beacause of its radar, other alleid nf caried the same radars, but because of its characteristics as an aircraft
Besides that ,there were many submarines kills in WW2 by patroling aircrafts without radar ( I think "Wahoo" was susch a case)
Schleuderschiffe - catapult ships - were used by Germany since the 1920s. Their most famous use before the war was their usage as floating bases in the South Atlantic to enable flying boats to cross the Atlantic for mail delivery. Stationed at the at the African and South American coast, they were used to refuel and resupply the small flying boats like the Dornier Wal on their way across the ocean.
Equipped with a catapult, they were able to launch the flying boats instead of doing a manual takeoff from the water. This allowed the flying boats to carry more fuel and allowed a higher range to fly.
Based on the experience with the civilian catapult ships, additional ships were build during the war for military purposes only. Together with thier civilian counterparts, they were used to maintain and launch reconaissance flying boats in areas outside of fixed installations.
The Falke and its sister ship Bussad were mainly used in Denmark and Norway during the war, which both survived. Their crane was able to lift aircraft up to 20t. Their catapult was able to launch aircraft of the same weight, enableing the ship to carry Dornier Do18, Dornier Do24 or Blohm &Voß BV138 aircraft.