Today In History:  13 July  [1944]   --  A German Junkers Ju 88G-1 night fighter lans in the UK

Because of an error in navigation a Junkers Ju 88G-1 night fighter carrying both the Lichtenstein radar system and the Flensburg radar detector (meant to detect RAF aircraft using the Monica tail warning radar) is captured after it lands at RAF Woodbridge by mistake. When British military scientists examined the Flensburg equipment, they quickly realised its purpose and informed the RAF, who ordered Monica to be withdrawn from all RAF Bomber Command aircraft.

PHOTO: A Ju 88R night fighter with the full Matratze aerial setup for the Lichtenstein B/C UHF band radar.

Photo Attribution:  Public Domain  via Wikimedia. Intelligence Branch, Plans and Operations Division, Office of the Chief Signal Officer - ME 11-219 Directory of German Radar Equipment