Danger Zone: US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990
"Divided in two for decades between the late 1940s and early 1990s, Germany was the hottest 'battlefield' of the Cold War. Its western part was dotted by dozens of major military facilities of the reconstituted national armed forces and those of the NATO allies, foremost the USA, Grea...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Divided in two for decades between the late 1940s and early 1990s, Germany was the hottest 'battlefield' of the Cold War. Its western part was dotted by dozens of major military facilities of the reconstituted national armed forces and those of the NATO allies, foremost the USA, Great Britain and France. Even more so, one third of East Germany was under the control of the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and housed several dozens of major air and ground units. On the ground, the city of West Berlin - situated in the centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) - and the three occupation zones controlled by the USA, Great Britain, and France, was connected to the outside world only via tightly controlled railways, waterways or autobahns. However, in the air, three Aerial Corridors connected it with West Germany. Far away from high-profile intelligence-gathering operations - like those by Lockheed U-2s - several intelligence agencies of the USA, Great Britain and France exploited this fact to run covert operations along these Corridors. Principally conducted by adapted transport or liaison aircraft - which received a host of clandestine modifications - such operations often took their crews into the very centre of what was perceived as the 'danger zone' by NATO: the airspace over some of the most sensitive Soviet military installations. Danger Zone is the first comprehensive and in-depth study of intelligence-gathering efforts by aircraft operated by, or on behalf of, the US intelligence agencies. It provides a carefully researched review of the involved equipment, modifications, maintenance, flight operations, post-flight activities and the resulting intelligence analysis, set within the context of the unique situation surrounding West Berlin during the Cold War and its Air Corridors."-- ‡c Provided by publisher |
| Beschreibung: | 80 Seiten Illustrationen, s/w Fotografien, Karten |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Helion Company Limited Unit 8 Amherst Business Centre Budbrooke Road Warwick CV34 5WE England Tel. 01926 499 619 Email: info@helion.co.uk Website: www.helion.co.uk Twitter: @helionbooks Visit our blog http://blog.helion.co.uk/ Text © Kevin Wright 2023 Photographs © as individually credited Colour artwork © Luca Canossa, Tom Cooper 2023 Maps as credited and ©Tom Cooper 2023 Designed and typeset by Farr out Publications, Wokingham, Berkshire Cover design Paul Hewitt, Battlefield Design (www.battlefield-design.co.uk) 2 2 Abbreviations Introduction and Acknowledgements 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 14 21 34 43 52 61 70 From German Surrender to the Berlin Airlift 1945-49 An Evolving Capability Boeing C-97, Hiding in Plain Sight 1963-75 C-130, Super Sensor Platform, 1974-90 Airborne Sensor Operators and Pls Flying Soldiers in Berlin Living and Working Alongside the Red Army An Outstanding Achievement Bibliography Notes About the Author Every reasonable effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The author and publisher apologise for any errors oromissions in this work, and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book. 76 Ո 80 ICELAND ISBN 978-1-804510-25-4 SWEDEN FINLAND British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library USSR ‘NORWAY ÍRELAND/ All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written consent of Helion Company Limited. We always welcome receiving book proposals from prospective authors. UNITED KINGDOM I Netherlands 2 Belgium POLAND GERMANU 3 Luxembourg Ч Switzerland ECHOSLO) FRANCE B™f¡»№ ROMANIA JUGOSLAVIA SPAIN ITAIS BULGARIA TURKES ЗЯЕЕСЕ ^SICILH/ MULTA MAP OF EUROPE 1945-1992 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München Note: In order to simplify the use of this book, all names, locations and geographic designationsareas provided in The Times World Atlas, or other traditionally accepted major sources of reference, as of the time of described events.
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CONTENTS Helion Company Limited Unit 8 Amherst Business Centre Budbrooke Road Warwick CV34 5WE England Tel. 01926 499 619 Email: info@helion.co.uk Website: www.helion.co.uk Twitter: @helionbooks Visit our blog http://blog.helion.co.uk/ Text © Kevin Wright 2023 Photographs © as individually credited Colour artwork © Luca Canossa, Tom Cooper 2023 Maps as credited and ©Tom Cooper 2023 Designed and typeset by Farr out Publications, Wokingham, Berkshire Cover design Paul Hewitt, Battlefield Design (www.battlefield-design.co.uk) 2 2 Abbreviations Introduction and Acknowledgements 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 14 21 34 43 52 61 70 From German Surrender to the Berlin Airlift 1945-49 An Evolving Capability Boeing C-97, Hiding in Plain Sight 1963-75 C-130, Super Sensor Platform, 1974-90 Airborne Sensor Operators and Pls Flying Soldiers in Berlin Living and Working Alongside the Red Army An Outstanding Achievement Bibliography Notes About the Author Every reasonable effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The author and publisher apologise for any errors oromissions in this work, and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book. 76 Ո 80 ICELAND ISBN 978-1-804510-25-4 SWEDEN FINLAND British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library USSR ‘NORWAY ÍRELAND/ All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written consent of Helion Company Limited. We always welcome receiving book proposals from prospective authors. UNITED KINGDOM I Netherlands 2 Belgium POLAND GERMANU 3 Luxembourg Ч Switzerland ECHOSLO) FRANCE 'B™f¡»№ ROMANIA JUGOSLAVIA SPAIN ITAIS BULGARIA TURKES ЗЯЕЕСЕ ^SICILH/ MULTA MAP OF EUROPE 1945-1992 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München Note: In order to simplify the use of this book, all names, locations and geographic designationsareas provided in The Times World Atlas, or other traditionally accepted major sources of reference, as of the time of described events. |
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| title | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 |
| title_auth | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 |
| title_exact_search | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 |
| title_full | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 Kevin Wright |
| title_fullStr | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 Kevin Wright |
| title_full_unstemmed | Danger Zone US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 Kevin Wright |
| title_short | Danger Zone |
| title_sort | danger zone us clandestine reconnaissance operations along the west berlin air corridors 1945 1990 |
| title_sub | US clandestine reconnaissance operations along the West Berlin air corridors, 1945-1990 |
| topic | Luftwaffe (DE-588)4125963-4 gnd Operation (DE-588)4075664-6 gnd Aufklärung (DE-588)4003524-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | Luftwaffe Operation Aufklärung Berlin West Deutschland Gebiet unter Alliierter Besatzung, Amerikanische Zone USA |
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