Milford News | 1945-12-13 | Page 2 | Metal Foil Used to Trip Nazi Radar

Metal Foil Used to Trip Nazi Radar Narrow strips of metal foil cut in lengths corresponding with the frequencies of enemy radar and released from bombers over Germany are estimated to have reduced Allied plane losses by 75 per cent, the war department declared. Known as chaff, metal foil was used by American and British bombers bomb-ers to paralyze the enemy's antiaircraft fire control by "cluttering" the scopes of the German radar. Packages of the foil, released from planes, gave the same response on German radar that would be caused by bombers. The production of chaff in such enormous quantities was'made possible pos-sible by the American public's willingness to give up having its chewing nim. cigarettes and candy bars wrapped in aluminum foil.