First plane with radar onboard took off
09.08.1941. Luftwaffe, Western09 august 1941. Leeuwarden airfield, Holland. Me-110 with strange antennas on the nose took off.
It was the first flight of the fighter with radar onboard. Me-110 was equipped with “Lichtenstein” radar. Two members of crew were oberleutnant Ludvig Bekker and sergeant Josef Staub.
During that test flight Me-110 has spotted British bomber with radar and has shot it down. It was the beginning of all the radars era.
