German Air Force / Luftwaffe equipment identification manual

[uk-ok]

The full title is

" Airborne Electronic Equipment Of The GAF "

Published in February 1945 by The Director Of Technical Services, Air Technical Services Command, Europe
Sponsored by the Committee On Captured Electronic Equipment For Technical Intelligence Purposes
For Use By The Allied Forces

It is marked Secret on the cover and the title page.

The foreword states who this is intended for and that there are other volumes for the army and navy.

There must be a couple of hundred pages. The first section is on German Airborne Radar. Photo plates, graphs and technical data on the various FuG instrumentation, Technical Summary pages


I've googled it and aside from a mention on the Imperial War Museum website and a few listings of reprints, i can find no other information.

Any help greatly appreciated

[peter monahan]

Are you looking for a price value, details on who published it or...?

Judging by the format, I'd guess it would likely have been Gestetnered at some Allied base in Europe, updated as necessary and issued to whatever units were responsible for surveying captured Luftwaffe facilities with a view to acquiring anything new. That is, 'If it ain't in the book yet, grab it!' Just my WAGuess.

[uk-ok]

Thanks for your post ! ( and a new word for day ! )

Info and value !

It's a fascinating book but as i told someone else, it probably requires extensive knowledge of the equipment to be worth collecting, in my opinion. It's with some RAF items, like a RAF pocket book, navigational guide etc. but i wouldn't have thought an airman needed this for reference ?

What i found rather odd was that there were no other online references to the committee other than associated with this book.