Radio Bearing Station Löwenzahn II Menaam

Radio bearing stations have been built by the Germans at various locations, especially near airports. These 'Jägerleitstellungen' served as an aid to the navigation of the German aircraft. In short, such a rack contained an average of 5 Y-pillars with an associated radio transmitter. The German aircraft also had a transmitter and by measuring the time difference between the two, the distance between the transmitters could be determined. Some well-known Y-theorems include Teerose, Schneeglökchen, Löwenzahn and Brennessel. The T-shaped building served as an administration building to process the incoming data. The data was then projected onto a Seeburgtisch (large glass plate with a map) by means of lights.

The chimneys of the building, the thick brick walls and the typical, well-known T-shape betray that we were dealing with a former Auswertung. Given the small distance – 7½ km – to Löwenzahn I in Franeker, the Auswertung should have been Löwenzahn II. Not much came of Löwenzahn II. An aerial photo from the war still shows that next to the Auswertung is a large barrack, also surrounded by a Splittermauer. The same photo shows some places where towers were planned or where they now stand; that cannot be made clear. You can also see some places that could indicate transmitter houses. However, it is certain that Löwenzahn II was used at the end of the war, i.e. after September 1944, as accommodation for refugees from the Roermond area. The inhabitants of the farm close to Löwenzahn II's encampment still benefited from the sentinel station there; they got their electricity from it.

Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!