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Old 30th Apr 2007, 12:14
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For quite a long time it was too fast at high level with a normal bomb load for the Germans to shoot it down at night.
And with the introduction of Oboe, single aircraft raids could have devastating accuracy.

http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/navaids/oboe/oboe1.htm

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