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July 15th 04, 05:00 AM
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The problem the Germans had in combat was that the range of the German
radars was limited to the altitude of the aircraft since the beam was very broad. Not true - that was a limitation, but Nachtjägers didn't see AI in the same way as Allied NF, so that limitation wasn't viewed as an Achilles Heal, more of an annoyance. They considered AI to be an arrow in the quiver, not their primary search tool. US and RAF crews reporting a "bent gadget" turned around and went home; German crews just turned it off and continued on their mission. v/r Gordon ====(A+C==== USN SAR Its always better to lose -an- engine, not -the- engine. 
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