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Re: Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II
Posted by: buzzz ()
Date: June 28, 2015 03:51AM

Hi,

Does anyone know if U-boats had direction finding (RDF) equipment that they could use to get a bearing on allied ships sending radio messages in 1943?

I ask because I just read an account of the sinking of a ship my father was on in July 1943 in the Indian Ocean by U-177. The ship's captain and radio opertor did not know at that time if a bearing could be determined from a HF radio transmission.

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Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II jliller 06/26/2015 02:07PM
Re: Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II vito 06/27/2015 01:41AM
Re: Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II jliller 06/30/2015 03:14PM
Re: Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II buzzz 06/28/2015 03:51AM
Re: Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II Ken Dunn 06/28/2015 02:40PM
Re: Radio Direction Finding (RDF) vs U-Boats in World War II vito 07/01/2015 10:42AM


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