Abdulla
Benito
Boozer
Hookah
Monica
Perfectos
Serrate
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 |
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Main items | Mk I: Receiver IF unit 110 Receiver RF unit 115 Power unit 630 Control unit 484 Aerial system 353 |
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Testset TS 233 & TS 262 | ||
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RAF designation | ARI 5576 | |
Main items | Receiver R 3553 (or R 3572) Transmitter T 3568 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Remarks | Some crews were afraid that the germans used the Monica emissions to find the bombers. |
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US designation | SCR 729 ? | |
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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 |
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