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Re: Did Radio Traffic Provide Warning of 8 AF Raids?
I think Juha's answer works for USAAF, except that radio discipline was pretty strong in 1944 through end of war - not just because of alerting Germans but to ensure that the Wing Commanders could issue orders as required w/o radio chatter interference, particularly on "C" channel for fighter escort.
At the end of the day, I'm not sure the USAAF cared whether the Germans really knew they were coming - It is hard to disguise a radar signature of 600-2000 ships forming up over England.. of course they DID care about shedding light on the targets - but that is why they never flew straight paths to a target, even taking into consideration known flak concentrations.
Regards,
Bill
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