Glossary
Chaff- Thin strips of aluminum (looking much like old fashioned icicles that hung on Christmas trees) dropped behind bombers to fool enemy radar by creating false returns.
Flak
Flack refers to the anti-aircraft fire. The puffs of smoke show where shells are exploding. It was the shrapnel from these shells that did the damage to the aircraft.
Forts
Reference to the B-17 Flying Fortress, the other workhorse bomber for the 8th Air Force.
G.H. Navigation- According to Wikipedia- G-H was a radio navigation system developed by Britain during World War II to aid RAF Bomber Command.
G-H was a two station radio direction finder system. Instruments in the bomber measured its position from one station and distance from another. It could be used by up to 80 bombers from any one pair of stations. By using more than one pair of stations, multiple targets could be attacked at the same time without the aid of pathfinders and markers. Once a major part of Bomber Command was fitted with the technology, G-H became a most useful blind-bombing device.
G-H was a two station radio direction finder system. Instruments in the bomber measured its position from one station and distance from another. It could be used by up to 80 bombers from any one pair of stations. By using more than one pair of stations, multiple targets could be attacked at the same time without the aid of pathfinders and markers. Once a major part of Bomber Command was fitted with the technology, G-H became a most useful blind-bombing device.
IP- The initial or starting point of a bomb run
ME 109
Messerschmitt 109, one of the main German fighter planes.
Milk run- A routine or uneventful bombing run
Noball raid- A bombing attack on Germany's long-range V1 and V2 rocket sites
