Conspiracy, Calamity, and Cover-Up by John Harris & Richard Wilbourn

Author:John Harris & Richard Wilbourn [Harris, John & Wilbourn, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
Published: 2023-02-19T16:00:00+00:00

0 was the ‘default’ start position setting on the machine – the überlagerungs-wahlschalter.

In his headphones Hess could now listen for the dots, dashes and continuous tones of the Elektra system to guide his flight across the sea.

Consequently, it now appears to us that the FuG10 system was also part of the planning process that was carried out at the same time as the pilot’s notes and Lennoxlove map were being prepared/marked up. There have been a number of accounts of alterations and amendments to the radio equipment to facilitate its operation from the pilot’s seat of the Bf110.

We are not alone in this supposition. David Irving, in his narrative from the subsequent RSHA (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Reich Main Security Office) interrogations, also makes mention of Elektra; he does not make any further reference to the system other than report that ‘Pintsch phoned the air ministry and asked them to switch on a certain beacon…’. The name of the beacon does concur with the request to switch on the system; Elektra was probably operated as required, Sonne was constantly operational. We have to say that besides David Irving there has been little debate as to how Hess achieved his flight and got to where he went. This aspect is fundamental, because it could also explain what went wrong and cause Hess to act as he did.

On 12 February 1950, Hess wrote from Spandau to Ilse, his wife, ‘Everything turned out quite otherwise than I had expected; the compass point to give me the right bearings, which I needed so badly at the decisive moment, was just the one thing missing… Before taking off I had lived in a world of … radio bearings (which afterwards failed to function)…’

Time, Sun and Moon – 10 May 1941

When writing to his wife in 1941 and 1947, Rudolf Hess made specific mention of the prevailing light conditions whilst making his flight.

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