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Old May 25th, 2008, 05:51 PM
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Re: Nightfighters

The length of the strips depended on the wave length of the radar they were trying to jam. These days it is known as chaff.

The most impressive use of window was on D-Day when 617 Sqn Lancasters flew looping relays dropping window across the english channel which showed up on German radar as a large invasion fleet travelling at 5 Knots between Dover and the Pas de Calais.
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