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Luft Ballon; this is not a Nena's song

Hi everbody,
This is the translation of German airflied war diary. This base was located in France in 1944.

“During the day intense enemy reconnaissance activity . At about 22:00 very intense enemy reconnaissance activity in own and neighbor area. There have been about 20-30 aircraft passing our Horst (airport) in different height several times and they have been also taken under fire by AA unit. It was reported that one aircraft dropped 2 red ballons, they drifted in eastern direction".

Did someone know what these red balloons were .

-Weather balloon dropped by a reco plane over a well defended German air Base ?
- An unknow (for me) allied tactic or system (pyrotechnics like flares) ?

-Red balls of fire in an other term Foo Fighters ?

Thank you for your help
Guy

Re: Luft Ballon; this is not a Lena's song

Her name is Nena, not Lena :)
And as long as they were not red, it don't count!!!

Re: Luft Ballon; this is not a Lena's song

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Originally Posted by ssg keay (Post 111032)

Her name is Nena, not Lena :)
And as long as they were not red, it don't count!!!

Yes Nena,you are right I'm sorry, but "my" balloons were red !
Guy