52 Shadow Over the Atlantic
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2017
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Between 1943-45 Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5 "Atlantik" would fly missions of up to 18 hours at a time over the Atlantic. They acted as the eyes for the U-Boats. Equipped with big, four-engined Junkers Ju 290s fitted out with advanced search radar and other maritime 'ELINT' (electronic intelligence) devices, Fernaufklärungsgruppe (FAGr) 5 'Atlantik' undertook a distant, isolated campaign far out into the Atlantic and thousands of miles away from its home base in western France.
I'm joined by Robert Forsyth author of Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45.
Robert is an author, editor and publisher, specialising in military aviation and military history. Born in Berkshire, England, he is the author of several books on the aircraft and units of the Luftwaffe, an interest he has held since boyhood. His articles have appeared in The Aviation Historian, Aeroplane Monthly, Aviation News and FlyPast and he is a member of the Editorial Board of The Aviation Historian. Long-term, he is working on a major biography of the Luftwaffe commander, Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 0:05.0 | In this episode we will be looking at a Luftwaffe long-range patrol group flying for up to |
| 0:12.1 | 18 hours at a time looking for Allied |
| 0:16.8 | shipping. Once spotted they would relay the position to the U-boat packs. But before we get started I was looking at iTunes recently and |
| 0:25.4 | discovered a raft of favorable five-star reviews to those people who've left |
| 0:30.9 | a review I thank you. I was rather touched, it's always nice to get feedback |
| 0:36.8 | and here someone is actually enjoying the podcast. Indeed, things seem to be going rather well in the podcast bunker. |
| 0:44.0 | The only thing I need more of is time and I now have such a backlog of topics. |
| 0:50.0 | I was wondering about perhaps slipping in an extra episode looking at the |
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| 1:36.7 | podcast or click on donate on the website W.W.2 podcast. So let's get cracking. I'm joined by Robert Forsyth. His |
| 1:47.2 | latest book is Shadow of the Atlantic, The Lufth Waffa and the U-boats |
| 1:53.4 | 1943 45 |
| 1:55.6 | So Robert |
| 1:57.8 | Can I check with you as a sort of starting point. |
| 2:01.2 | How do we pronounce it? Is it the If if I give it a bash first you can laugh at me. |
| 2:05.4 | Fernauf, Clarung's group of funf atlantique. How's that? |
| 2:09.5 | Perfect. Depending where they come, where you come from in Germany it would be |
| 2:13.2 | Fernaf Clarung's Grupa, fumpf or Atlantic. |
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