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Abe Levine - 16 Jun. 2010
- Name
- Abe Levine
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 16 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Abe Levine
- Number
- OH 396
- Subject
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 16 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Historica-Dominion Institute
- Total Running Time
- 30:28
- Use Restrictions
- OJA does not hold rights to this interview. For permission to use contact the Historica-Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Abe Levine was a member of the Austin crew 214 Squadron (Bomber group Squadron), in Outlon, England, in 1945. He was a special-duty operator, even though he trained as a bomb aimer. He worked in countermeasures with the the BBC in England who listened to the different frequencies the Germans were using to direct their night fighters, and once they got hold of one of these frequencies, they wired Abe's aircraft to tell them which frequency to jam. Once the German night fighter took off, he was highly dependent on the night fighter controller on the ground to lead him onto the bomber stream (towards the target) and the noise from the jamming by Abe's crew meant that he could not hear anything and had to return to base.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories