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Why the RAF Painted Their Airfields Like Farmland And Fooled the Luftwaffe into Bombing Empty Fields
During World War II, the RAF transformed its airfields into convincing farmland using paint, false hedgerows, and disruptive camouflage patterns. Whilst German bombers searched for targets using detailed intelligence maps, massive hangars and concrete runways disappeared beneath agricultural disguises. Meanwhile, an elaborate network of decoy ...
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