Homing & Warning devices


Abdulla
Benito
Boozer
Hookah
Monica
Perfectos
Serrate


Abdulla

Use Airborne L-Band homing equipment to enable single seater aircraft to locate German Würzburg radar stations.
RAF designation Mk I - ARI 5613
Mk II - ARI 5724
Main items Mk I:
Receiver IF unit 110
Receiver RF unit 115
Power unit 630
Control unit 484
Aerial system 353
Testset TS 233 & TS 262
Remarks

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Benito

Use
RAF designation ARI 5576
Main items Receiver R 3553 (or R 3572)
Transmitter T 3568
Remarks

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Boozer

Use Warning device to detect if aircraft is being monitored by the German Wurzburg gun-laying Radar.
Mk I Mk II
RAF designation ARI 5538 ARI 5557
US designation
Main items Receiver R 1618
Rx unit 164
Indicator 177
Modulator 27
Aerial system 314, 315 & 323
Amplifier 313
Receiver R 1626
Rx unit 165 & 170
Indicator 181, 186 or 338
Modulator 27
Aerial system 315 & 323
Remarks

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Hookah

Use Equipment which allowed to home in to the emissions of radar jammers.
RAF designation ? ARI 5677
Main items Receiver R 1625
Rx unit 170 (490 MHz)
Rx unit 165 (530-600 MHz)
Power unit 565
Indicator 177 or 181
Aerial 315 & 338 (rectangular horn aerial)
Receiver R 1668
Indicator 264
Control unit 528 & 576
Remarks

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Monica

 

Use Warning device for tail gunners to detect approaching german night-fighters.
Range from 1.000 yards to 4 miles in a 45 degrees angle.
Mk I Mk IB Mk II Mk IIIB
RAF designation ARI 5122 ARI 5221 ARI 5222 ARI 5282
Main items R 3136
T 3135
PSU 284
Indicator 116
Aerial 163
Junction box 25
R 3206
T 3205
TR 3207
Amp 3208
Remarks Some crews were afraid that the germans used the Monica emissions to find the bombers.

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Perfectos

Use
RAF designation -
US designation SCR 729 ?
Main items
Remarks

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Serrate

Use Receiver for the emission of the German Lichtenstein nightfighter radar.
Mk I Mk II (Mosquito)
RAF designation ARI 5535 ARI 5573
Main items Receiver R 3553
Rx unit 101
Transmitter T 3568
Indicator 189
Remarks

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