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Re: Red explosion by Flak rather than black explosion ?
The use of Flak star shells and markers in color was quite common. "The Flak would also play its part, firing combinations of coloured shells to mark individual towns." For example, Hamburg was 2 side-by-side, Berlin was 2 one-above-the-other, Hannover was 3 side-by-side, etc. [Hinchliffe, Peter. The Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces Versus Bomber Command. Osceola (WI): Motorbooks International, 1997. ISBN: 0-7603-0265-0. Hb. Dj. 352p. Illus. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 149 and 151.]
Luftwaffe Flak units at the front attached to Heer commands as anti-tank batteries were called upon to fire colored signal shells to order the beginning of an attack, etc.
If you dig deep enough, you could find out what the different colors meant, although the meaning probably changed daily.
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