Kammhuber Line
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The Kammhuber Line was the name given by the Allies to the German night-fighter air-defence system established in western Europe in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber. It consisted of a series of co
A Lancaster within the bomber stream dropping window – the crescent-shaped white cloud on the left of the picture
Bomber stream
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The bomber stream was a saturation attack tactic developed by the Royal Air Force Bomber Command to overwhelm the nighttime German aerial defences of the Kammhuber Line during World War II.
Kammhuber Line
…system and developed a counter-measure. On the night of 30/31 May 1942 in its 1,000 plane raid against Cologne, Bomber Command introduced the use of the bomber stream. The concentration of bombers through a few of the boxes overwhelmed the Luftwaffe defenses. In response, the Germans converted their ground radar into…
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