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G6Tanuki · 11th Jul 2018, 9:54 pm

For reference, the microphone-in-the-engine-bay noise-jammer was "Tinsel"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsel_(codename)

It was just a jammer: there were smarter approaches: "Operation Corona" initially used German-speaking RAF men flying in bomber-formations to impersonate German ground-controllers: the Germans responded to this by using female ground-controllers (thinking - quite rightly - that the Allies wouldn't put women up in aircraft) - the Allied approach was to use UK-ground-based German-speaking WAAFs with transmitters/antennas to beam their fake signals over Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Corona

Photo shows R1155 and AR88... !

11th Jul 2018, 9:54 pm	#35
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: Lancaster Bomber Radio signals and communications. For reference, the microphone-in-the-engine-bay noise-jammer was "Tinsel" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsel_(codename) It was just a jammer: there were smarter approaches: "Operation Corona" initially used German-speaking RAF men flying in bomber-formations to impersonate German ground-controllers: the Germans responded to this by using female ground-controllers (thinking - quite rightly - that the Allies wouldn't put women up in aircraft) - the Allied approach was to use UK-ground-based German-speaking WAAFs with transmitters/antennas to beam their fake signals over Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Corona Photo shows R1155 and AR88... !