 | Best Bomber of WW2 (continued)| Old Threads Discuss Best Bomber of WW2 (continued) in the Old Stuff forums; I only know of window/chaff prey tell me more Lanc.
As for evasive maneuvers I always thought cork screwing ... |
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02-20-2005, 06:58 AM
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As for evasive maneuvers I always thought cork screwing was about it with a fully laden bomber and then only to evade search lights
I don't know but I would have thought it was damn nigh impossible to shake off a fighter once it had you in its sights other that is to throw some lead at it and hope you got lucky or put his aim off.
ps youve just answered the first bit thanks Lanc | 
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02-20-2005, 07:30 AM
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Country:  | 101 Squadron's Lancaster's had 8 crewmen, one german speaker who found the frequencies that the german nightfighter controllers used so a microphone in one of the engines could be played to block everything out
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02-20-2005, 09:52 AM
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Country: | You're correct MM however they didn't just speak german, they could speak almost all European languages, however they merely had to be able to identify the languages. baisiclly they scanned through radio frequencies listening for the German ground controllers guiding night fighters, once they've found a transmission, they simply send out pure noise on that frequency, so the germans cannot hear what's going on. 101 Sqn became the largest sqadron in bomber command, at one point being 42 aircraft strong!! they flew dispersed in the formations however they often suffered huge casualties. they still carried and dropped a full payload and were amoung the first sqns. to have the Rose Rice rear turret fitted, however they had many proplems and the 4x.303 were prefered...............
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EMPs?? do you mean ECMs??
| Nopw, I mean EMP's...
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02-20-2005, 12:11 PM
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02-20-2005, 12:37 PM
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| 100 Group specialised in Radio Counter-measures to disrupt German ground control....Also, in my reading, it wasn't THAT easy for German Nightfighters to just cruise-up behind a British Bomber and shoot it down, the gunners were very 'on-the-ball', and they gave as good as they got...in fact, they were bloody courageous, faced with multiple cannon and mgs coned to kill, their alertness often saved the aircraft, along with the 'corkscrew' manoevre....It's very revealing when you read books of actual combat histories, and humbling when one realises the balls these men had, to conquer their fears and do the work they did...... | |
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02-20-2005, 12:39 PM
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02-20-2005, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by trackend I think he may be talking of electro magnetic pulse | Yep, thanks for that 
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#42 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | electro-magnetic pulses are what you get after the explosion of an atomic bomb, they're not a form of electronic counter measure.............
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02-22-2005, 12:31 PM
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Country: | I think you can produce an electro magnetic pulse in other ways too lanc even your washing machine creates a small field but I'm not ofay with how these are utilized in counter measures
( perhaps Hotpoint or Zanussi missile's) | |
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