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US Army personnel observing dummy Junkers Ju-88 bombers left behind at the airfield at Épinay, France, 2 Sep 1944. [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     US Army personnel observing dummy Junkers Ju-88 bombers left behind at the airfield at Épinay, France, 2 Sep 1944. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
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Photo Size 950 x 742 pixels
Photos on Same Day 2 Sep 1944
Photos at Same Place France
Added By David Stubblebine
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
1 May 2015 11:03:54 PM

The official Signal Corps caption for this photo reads, “Two American officers look over a field of decoy JU-88s, dummy planes used as ‘bait’ on a former Nazi airport at Épinay, France. These ‘prop’ planes were parked on a section of the field where bombs dropped by Allied bombers would do the smallest amount of damage. Apparently the ruse failed as the decoy planes were intact and had attracted no bombs. 2 September 1944.”
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
1 Jun 2015 09:47:02 AM

WAR GAMES:

Did you know that early in WWII the Germans used dummy aircraft on fields in France to bait the British into bombing them, and kept the real
aircraft hidden.
The Germans built a complete airfield in occupied Holland with hangers, trucks, support equipment and dummy aircraft. The British picked up this deception, and dropped wooden bombs on the dummy aircraft...

SUGGESTED READING:

Riddle Of The Wooden Bombs
Pierre-Antonine Courouble
Publisher Les Presses du Midi 2009

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