Zahme Sau

Zahme Sau ((Lit. tame wikt:sow; generally known in English as "Tame Boar"[1]) was a night fighter interception tactic conceived by Viktor von Loßberg and introduced by the German Luftwaffe in 1943. As a raid approached, the fighters were scrambled and collected to orbit one of several radio beacons throughout Germany, ready to be directed en masse into the bomber stream by running commentaries from the Jagddivision. Once in the stream, fighters made radar contact with bombers, and attacked them for as long as they had fuel and ammunition.

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References
  1. John O’Connell (2007) The Effectiveness of Airpower in the 20th Century Pt 2 p.53 ISBN 9780595457243
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