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Originally Posted by AWL_Spinner
It was deliberate, and the RAF did it too.
There's a bit in Guy Gibson's book where he describes how this was common practice when crossing the enemy coast in Hampdens. The asynchronous thrum made life more uncomfortable for the crew but the theory was it put the flak aimers off (I'm not sure exactly how this worked but there must have been some science behind it).
Cheers, Spinner
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Presumably it would throw off the acoustic detection systems. Not going to help much against radar though. Probably was far more effective at causing crew discomfort than tricking flak batteries.
07-03-2010, 12:37 AM
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