Operation Window (chaff)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Window
chaff
gptkbp:category electronic warfare
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:describes Operation Window was the code name for the use of chaff, thin strips of metal foil dropped from aircraft to confuse enemy radar.
gptkbp:developedBy British scientists
gptkbp:effect created false radar echoes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Window (chaff)
gptkbp:influenced Allied bombing campaigns
gptkbp:introducedIn 1943
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Operation_Gomorrah
gptkbp:purpose radar countermeasure
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Taxable
gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reginald_Victor_Jones
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6