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When the V-1s began to fall in London in June 1944, Dr. R.V. Jones devised an ingenious plan to save lives. Knowing that German double-agents needed to provide at least some truth and that the V-1 flying bombs typically fell several miles short of Trafalgar Square, Jones determined that the spies needed to report the V-1 impacts to the north and west of London, along with the times of the ones that fell in the south and east. He did this in spite of the fact his home was south of London, right in the area the bombs would fall. Although Germany equipped a number of the V-1s with radio transmitters which confirmed that they had fallen short, the Germans chose to disregard it in favor of the more reliable human intelligence. The aircraft on display is actually an American reverse-engineered Republic/ Ford JB-2 Loon.
| Date Taken: | 05.23.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 07.30.2015 11:32 |
| Category: | Recording |
| Audio ID: | 41597 |
| Filename: | 1507/DOD_102629186.mp3 |
| Length: | 00:01:17 |
| Album | ISR Tour |
| Track # | 21 |
| Location: | DAYTON, OHIO, US |
| Web Views: | 8 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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