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A map of part of the Kammhuber Line stolen by a Belgian agent and passed-on to the British in 1942. The 'belt' and nightfighter 'boxes' are shown
The Kammhuber Line was the Allied name given to the German night air defense system established in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber. It consisted of a series of control sectors equipped with radars and searchlights and an associated night fighter. Each sector would direct the night fighter into visual range with target bombers.
The Line was very effective against early Bomber Command tactics. However, the German method was analyzed by the RAF and a counter measure developed. On the night of 30/31 May 1942 in its 1,000 plane raid against Cologne, Bomber Command introduced the use of the bomber stream. The concentration of bombers through a few of the boxes resulted in the defenses being overwhelmed. In response, the Germans converted their ground radar into a radar network, which would follow the path of the British bombers, while a controller directed the night fighters into the stream. Measure and counter measure continued until October 1944, when German defenses were no longer able to respond.[1]
The KammhuberLine was the Allied name given to the German night air defense system established in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber. It consisted...
of night fighters in the Luftwaffe. Kammhuber created the night fighter defense system, the so-called KammhuberLine, but the detailed knowledge of the...
on the bomber offensive was lost. In response, Kammhuber concentrated on building the KammhuberLine. The difficulties of the Luftwaffe to protect Berlin...
1945. The KammhuberLine was the Allied name given to the German night air defense system established in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber. The first...
blind-flying schools were established at Schleißheim from 1941. Kammhuber established the KammhuberLine, which used radar to guide night fighters to RAF bombers...
were established at Schleißheim from 1941. Kammhuber established the Night Fighter Division and KammhuberLine, which eventually allowed radar to guide...
Generalmajor (Brigadier General) Josef Kammhuber had established a night air defense system dubbed the KammhuberLine. It consisted of a series of control...
overwhelm the nighttime German aerial defences of the KammhuberLine during World War II. The KammhuberLine consisted of three layers of zones of about 32 km...
done by Abraham Wald. When Germany organized its air defences into the KammhuberLine, it was realized by the British that if the RAF bombers were to fly...
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developed by the RAF to overwhelm the German aerial defenses of the KammhuberLine during World War II to increase the RAF's concentration in time over...
formation of aircraft based principally on trail-in-line, open structured flights to overcome the KammhuberLine. The open structure countered swarm attacks....
by the Royal Air Force to counter the night fighter defences of the KammhuberLine. In 1935 General Ludendorff in the book Der Totale Krieg gave life to...
tactical innovation designed to overwhelm the German night-fighters of the KammhuberLine. Harris was promoted to temporary air marshal on 1 December 1942 and...
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such a large number of bombers flying in a bomber stream through the KammhuberLine would overwhelm the German night fighters' ground-controlled interception...
25–60 mi (40–97 km) with Dunaja in front of them. Kammhuber intended to introduce Dunaja behind the KammhuberLine, placed Freya stations on either side and installed...
1940, Josef Kammhuber used Freyas in a new air-defense network extending through the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Called the KammhuberLine by the Allies...
their targets. By July 1940, this system was well developed as the KammhuberLine, and proved able to deal with the small raids by isolated bombers the...
protection of "Window" and fell victim to night fighters operating in the KammhuberLine. Approximately 3,000 sorties were flown, 9,000 tons of bombs were dropped...
Luftwaffe's ability to defend Germany from British night attacks. The KammhuberLine—German air defence system—which had extended through occupied France...
historical. The Freya radar that Harald investigates was part of the KammhuberLine, the German night air defense system along the North Sea. The Freya...
night fighter controllers and draw the Luftwaffe night fighters of the Kammhuberline sufficiently far away from the main bomber stream that they would have...
night fighter role, where they were used in Josef Kammhuber's defensive system, known as the KammhuberLine. They were found by their crews to be inferior...
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