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The Use of Dummies in the Camouflage of Operational Aerodromes*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

E. Z. Yassin
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Dummies are particularly suitable for use in camouflaging operational aerodromes; they not only serve to mask the aircraft and equipment stationed thereon, but also make it possible to give the flying field the aspect of being unusable for flying purposes.

In recent wartime practice, dummies have been extensively used for aerodrome camouflage, and have proved particularly effective, since an enemy flying over the area in which an operational aerodrome is situated, will usually omit to take notice of dummies imitating local features of the landscape, and concealing the purpose for which the terrain is actually being used.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 45 , Issue 372 , December 1941 , pp. 370 - 377
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1941

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Footnotes

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R.T.P. Translation No. 1271. Published by permission of the Ministry of Aircraft Production.

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* R.T.P. Translation No. 1271. Published by permission of the Ministry of Aircraft Production.