[awake-n-angry]

“Radar was not invented yet, we could not fly to find them almost until the end of the war.”
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Correction. Radar was invented in the early 20th century and was used throughout WWII. Japanese aircraft were first noticed flying towards Pearl Harbor on RADAR, but were assummed to be a squadron of US BOmbers that were training that weekend.

[petertare]

OK Sportsfans,

Yes of course radar existed during WW2. In limited versions. The originals were, like any technology, huge affairs unavailable for practical aircraft use. But of course, by the end of the war, radar equipped “night fighters” did exist.

I doubt a POW camp would have been significantly observable on the radar of those days.

[edcoil]

Broad radar was from base stations and why the germans had such a great defense however, accurate radar and most importantly bomb targeting were not through the airforce on planes.

[Doctor Raoul]

That was an air search radar, a lot easier. It also wasn't possible till they operated at higher frequencies to get a tube that would fit on an aircraft and a short enough pulse that could image the ground. Thanks the Brits for the magnatron.

I believe the ground mapping radar was call H2S. Also from the Brits I beleive.