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Old 24th Dec 2005, 04:49
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Schrage Musik?

Having just read 'Bomber Crew' by James Taylor & Martin Davidson I was wondering what if anything Bomber Command did to prevent or reduce the losses to Schrage Musik installations in German night fighters? The book suggests that following the Peenemunde Raid the armament / attack method was understood by BC and that crews had little option but to concentrate on the banking / searching maneuvers to locate attackers below.

But why if this method of attack on bombers was so effective was not more done to afford protection to the bomber & crews? For a certain loss of payload would not a ventral defensive position have made sense?

Or what if anything could have been done?
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