[UKönig]

Here is what Herbert Werner had to say about the new anti-radar system, "Aphrodite"...

"Just after we had left our escort, our new radar detector picked up its first contact, but instead of diving right away, we kept on at high speed, put our AA weapons on alert and started up a new diversionary tactic, that we had been told would be very effective. Chief Riedel, in charge of this setup, filled a rubber balloon with helium gas, stored in bottles, fixed to the railing. Then he attached a string of aluminum foils to the balloon, the loose end to a float, and then threw the whole thing over the side. It came to rest on the surface while the balloon rose up and stretched the string with the foils until it stood up like an unfurled artificial christmas tree. The decoy rapidly fell astern into the inky blackness of night. Five minutes later, Riedel did it again, and a second 'tree' floated up over the Bay. These aluminum 'trees' were supposed to produce a stronger image on the pilot's radar screen, something stronger than a U-boat conning tower, allowing us to escape into a woods of our own making. Sadly, two more balloons got tangled with the railings and three more blew up when being filled with gas, and in the confusion, the snarled foils made our position amply clear. While Riedel fought with the foils and balloons, we slipped into a large French fishing fleet, which gave us better protection than the foils or the guns. In fact, we discarded the aluminum trees and never used them again. They were more hindrance than help."