Thread by @TrentTelenko

I've been asked to post my four appearances on Paul Woodadge's @WW2TV youtube channel to X.

This was about MacArthur's "Wild Weasel" radar hunters before the term was invented.

Dr Bellamy was PhD heavy lifter here.

Section 22 Radar Hunters


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This is the story of Master Technical Sergeant Dermott H. MacDonnell and how his performance as chief radar operator for Marine Air Group 23’s (MAG-23) SCR-270 radar...

The Horseshoe Nail of Victory of the Guadalcanal Air Campaign

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...made the difference between keeping and losing daylight air superiority over Henderson Field in the darkest days of the Guadalcanal campaign.

And why you don't know this.

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This is a line of WW2 research of mine that wants to be a book.

Short form:
The Japanese were a lot better at electronic warfare at Okinawa and the official US histories leave it out.

Nemesis Island - The Secret Radar war for Okinawa

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One of the things that I did with my Okinawa research was the comparison of land based radars in WW2 Amphibious operations across theaters in WW2. This presentation is a result of it.

Operation Husky - Electromagnetic Operations May to August 1943

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@threadreaderapp unroll please.