Book description
As WWII closed, the Air Staff decided to preserve the UK's electronic intelligence (ELINT) expertise, resulting in the formation of the Radio Warfare Establishment and later the Central Signals Establishment. A tentative ELINT program was commissioned in 1946 using a small number of Lancaster and Mosquito aircraft specially modified for…
Why read it?
1 author picked Listening In as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In respect of covert post-war aerial intelligence gathering there is a great deal of rumour, misinformation, and disinformation.
What I like about Listening In is that the authors have undertaken thorough research and rather than speculating have compiled what is otherwise spread around in the public domain: occasionally, for example, US sources give more detail of RAF operations than British sources. The book gives details of probing and overflight missions, including some American ones, and includes numerous diagrams, maps, and photographs.
The book is also a good example of the publishing values of Hikoki Publications.
From Vic's list on The best books about modern military aviation.
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