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Flak silver leaflets
Working through the ORB for 3 Sqn SAAF April 1945 there are several references to'flak silver leaflets'. Anyone have any idea what that refers to?
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It might refer to chaff.
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Not chaff. The references come in that part of each mission report that has to refer to AAA or small arms fire. Also chaff/window wasn't in use on the days in question
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Chaff was first used in 1943. Bomber command used it during the 1000 bomber raids over Germany.
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"This caused concern inRAF Fighter Command and Anti-Aircraft Command, who managed to suppress the use of Window until July 1943.[8] It was felt that the new generation of centimetric radars available to Fighter Command would cope with Luftwaffe retaliation."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure) |
"…...for dumping packets of aluminium strips from aircraft to generate a cloud of false echoes. An early idea was to use sheets the size of a notebook page; these would be printed so they would also serve as propaganda leaflets."
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When I said that window was not in use on the days in question I should of course have been more specific. Chaff/window was not being used in the specific area in Italy on 9 and 10 April 1945
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Originally Posted by dook
(Post 10723893)
Chaff was first used in 1943. Bomber command used it during the 1000 bomber raids over Germany.
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Could it be a reference to airborne leaflet propaganda?
(the USAF apparently had a specific bomb for the purpose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbor...a#World_War_II |
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