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Alfred.MONZAT

22nd December 2015 13:20

Mustangs using "chaff" ?

In "Mustangs and Unicorns - A History of the 359th FG" by Jack H. Smith, you can read in the 28 December 1944 entry :

"At the I.P., approching the target, sixteen P-51s of the 368th FS pull ahead of the bombers and drop chaff to blind the enemy radar"

Can someone confirm Mustangs (or other fighters) were used to drop chaff, if so how were they carried ?

Regards

Alfred

udf_00

23rd December 2015 11:37

Re: Mustangs using "chaff" ?

Google : flying magazine archives google books
click on the first result
click on 1940
choose March 1946
go to p59
There is a pic of a Mustang with an underwing chaff dispenser.

Alfred.MONZAT

23rd December 2015 23:31

Re: Mustangs using "chaff" ?

Thank you !

I wonder if other units used this kind of device... and what the fighter pilots thought of this stuff !

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