Confounding the Reich: Operational History of 100 Group (Bomber Support) RAF - Tapa dura

RAF Bomber Command's 100 group was formed in late 1943 to consolidate the various squadrons and units that had been fighting a secret war using electronics and radar counter-measures. This was an attempt to confuse the enemy's intelligence systems and intrude over his airfields and thus reduce the heavy losses by the main force. This is the story of how these top-secret missions were conducted by this specialist force with full details of the airborne equipment used. The activities of the elite bomber and night-fighter crews and their specially equipped aircraft were cloaked in mysterious British code-names such as "Serrate", "Mandrel" and "Airborne Cigar". The meanings of these are explained, as well as the German operations such as "Gisela".