Question: german radars in Italy

[Dili]

Thanks SES.

[Dragons Hunter]

Hi,
another radar found in Genoa: a Wurzburg type D, located on the top of a hill in the west side of the city.
Very close to a couple of anti-aircraft batteries and the Ansaldo factories.
slowly but surely.......

[Dragons Hunter]

Hi friends,
I need your help, again
what do you think about this support (..... I'm not sure "support" is the right word......)?
could it be for a Radar?
It's placed on the roof of an observatory bunker.
Battery "Chiappa", near Portofino, Genoa

regards
Massimo

[SES]

Hi,
It could indeed be for a FuMO 3, but I'm not sure.
bregds
SES

[Dragons Hunter]

Thank you SES!
I'll try to find a photo of a Fu.M.O. 3 to compare it.
regards
M

[SES]

Here comes.
bregds
SES

[u03205]

Here comes.
bregds
SES

hello , have you a pic of upperside of radar pedestal in the first photo ?

[SES]

Sorry no, wish I had.
bregds
SES

[jopaerya]

From WoldWar Forum a picture of the W.R. sockle and the right location of the sockle at Cap Noli .

Regards Jos

[Mil-tech Bard]

Did any of the sites mentioned earlier on this thread include a list of German Luftwaffe and KM radar sites in/near Anzio from late 1943 thru the relief of the beachhead?

[jopaerya]

From the KTB West Adria about naval radar , also a note, on a other page, about a Fu.M.O. 21 placed on a lighthouse .

Regards Jos

[Natter]

Here are some LW radar-sites listed in an allied report from august 1943

Corsica
* Ajaccio near Punta della Parata (1 x Freya)
* Erbalunga (1 x FuMO 3)
* Pino (1 x Freya)
* Ghisonoccia (1 x Freya)
* Sardi (possible 1 x Freya)
* Bastia (2 x WR)
* Bonnifaccio
* Porto Vecchio

Sardinia
* Maddalena - Palau (1 x WR - apparently aquired and operated by the Italian Navy)
* Maddalena - Isola Santa Stefano (1 x WR - apparently aquired and operated by the Italian Navy)
* Capo Coda Cavallo (1 x Freya)
* Olbia (reported sevaral Freyas, not confirmed)
* Capo Comino (1 x Freya, not confirmed)
* Porto Torres (1 x Freya)
* Capo Mannu (1 x Freya)
* Porto Scuso (1 x Freya)
* Capo Sperone (1 x Freya)
* Pula (1 x Wassermann, 1 x WR, 1 x Freya)
* Capo Carbonara (1 x Freya, not confirmed)

Sicily
* Torre Di Gaffe near Licata (2 x WR, 1 x Freya, 1 x hut with different equipment, including a "Seeburg-/Flugsicherungstisch", 1 x acoustic listening post (italian Bacchini equipment)
* Marsala - Madonna Del'Alto (1 x Wassermann, 1 x Freya ("three-frame"))
* Marsala - Santa Venera (2 x WR, 1 x Freya)
* Capo Mongerbino near Palermo (1 x Freya, 3 x unknown installations (one probably of italian origin))
* Trapani (1 x Freya)
* Catania (1 x "small Wurzburg")
* Capo Passero (3 x WR, 2 x Freya, 1 x Wassermann)
* Pozzallo (2 x Freya)
* Noto (interception station, Knickerbein station, IFF jammer)
* Portopalo (1 x FuMO 3)



The report also refers to a captured german diary which mentiones the following radarsites (or codenames for equipment?):
F130: W537
F120: W671
F296: W308
F277: WR (MO 40)
F327: WR 302
F142: WR 403
F330/LZ78: WR 7
F140: WD Castor
F374: WD 608
F3301: WA 672
F328: WA 308
F335 (WL10): Castor
F5002: Wassermann Marsala
F115: Gerät Mars
F1648: PO 7 (Pollux)
F314

[Natter]

Two sketches from the report:

[SES]

Hi Natter,
Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
bregds
SES

[Natter]

hello , have you a pic of upperside of radar pedestal in the first photo ?

Some photos of the identical installation at Utvorda: