Countermeasure, radar

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0035.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper with aluminum foil on one side

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 15.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)
Canada: Unknown
Function: intended to be dropped in large clouds from airplanes over target to confuse enemy radar by creating false echos that were indistinguishable from real aircraft/ the length of the strips corresponded to the wavelength of the radar signals against which it was to be used made from a number of materials, usually aluminum strips, but the RAF also experimented with aluminused paper, the theory being that it would "minimise the weight and maximise the time that the strips would remain in the air, prolonging the effect.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: none
Missing: N/A
Finish: silver on one side; tan-white on other side
Decoration: none

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Unknown Manufacturer, Countermeasure, radar, between 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2007.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/2007.0035.002/

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