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Siren Tour
A Siren Tour was a Night bomber, night-time mission by the RAF Bomber Command, mostly in northern Cambridgeshire, involving three or four two-engined fast bomber aircraft, to set the German Civil defense siren, air-raid sirens off in the middle of the night, so waking up the whole German town at three o'clock in the morning. The purpose was to cause nuisance, and sleep deprivation. History The raids were carried out by RAF bases in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, from the Light Night Striking Force. These were small bombing raids, often in the middle of the night, to get the population in the German town out of bed, on the sound of a :de:Fliegeralarm, Fliegeralarm, to intentionally upset the nocturnal rhythm by false alarms of the German factory workers; Shift plan, night shift workers would have to go to the shelters, and day shift workers had their sleep disturbed. It was to make German citizens mentally unfit for work. Although these were small raids, the raids were quite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Bomber
A night bomber is a bomber aircraft intended specifically for carrying out bombing missions at night. The term is now mostly of historical significance. Night bombing began in World War I and was widespread during World War II. A number of modern aircraft types are designed primarily for nighttime bombing, but air forces no longer refer to them as night bombers. More common terms today include interdictor and strike fighter, and such aircraft tend to have all-weather, day-or-night capabilities. World War I Strategic bombing and night bombing were new in World War I, and there was much experimentation at night with aircraft such as the Gotha G.IV, Gotha G.V, Handley Page Type O, and various giant airplanes such as the Riesenflugzeuge and the Sikorsky Ilya Muromets. Navigation was difficult and precision was almost nonexistent but the psychological effect was strong. Night bombing worked as a terror weapon. Prior to the introduction of radar, aircraft flying at night were nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
