Today In History:  09 August  [1941]   --  Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker achieves Luftwaffe's first aerial victory using airborne radar

Flying a Dornier Do 215 B-5 night fighter, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker achieves Germany"s first aerial victory employing airborne radar, using a Lichtenstein radar to detect and close with a British Vickers Wellington bomber participating in a raid on Hamburg, Germany, before shooting down the Wellington. 105 Do 215's were built.

PHOTO: A German Dornier Do 215B bomber in flight. The Do 215 was fitted with Daimler Benz DB 601 V12 piston engines.

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