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Old 26th May 2011, 09:55
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Re: Why did the Luftwaffe bomb... mud?

British decoy sites (starfish?)may have played a part for some raids. When flares were used for air marking getting the wind direction forecast wrong could lead to inaccurate bombing, this is mentioned in the 'K' report for the raid 18/19th April 1944.
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