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- Circus_offensive abstract "The codename Circus was given to operations of British Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II where bombers, heavily escorted by fighters, were sent over continental Europe to bring enemy fighters into combat. These were usually formations of 20 to 30 bombers escorted by up to 16 squadrons of escort fighters. Bomber formations of this size could not be ignored by the German Luftwaffe. At first medium bombers such as the Handley Page Hampden were used but even with heavy escort they were too vulnerable to flak and German fighters. They were replaced with Bristol Blenheim bombers but they fared no better. Heavy bombers such as the Shorts Stirling were a better fit, but after several missions bomber command needed them back.The Hurribomber, a fighter-bomber version of the Hawker Hurricane, was used with better results except that the small bomb load caused little damage.There were other codenames for similar missions.Ramrod - Similar to Circus, but with intention of destroying a target.Ranger - Large-formation intrusion over enemy territory with aim of wearing down enemy fighter force.Roadstead - Low-level attack on coastal shipping.Rhubarb - Small-scale freelance fighter sorties against ground targets of opportunity.".
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- Circus_offensive wikiPageRevisionID "611877145".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Anti-aircraft_warfare.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Bomber.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Bristol_Blenheim.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aerial_operations_and_battles_of_World_War_II.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aerial_operations_and_battles_of_World_War_II_involving_the_United_Kingdom.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_during_World_War_II.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Fighter-bomber.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Flak.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Handley_Page_Hampden.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Hawker_Hurricane.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Hurribomber.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Luftwaffe.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Air_Force.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Short_Stirling.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink Shorts_Stirling.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Circus" escort operation".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Circus" operation".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Circus" operations".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Circus" raids".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText "Circus offensive".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText "Circus".
- Circus_offensive wikiPageWikiLinkText "Circuses".
- Circus_offensive hasPhotoCollection Circus_offensive.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Circus_offensive wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Unreferenced.
- Circus_offensive subject Category:Aerial_operations_and_battles_of_World_War_II.
- Circus_offensive subject Category:Aerial_operations_and_battles_of_World_War_II_involving_the_United_Kingdom.
- Circus_offensive subject Category:History_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_during_World_War_II.
- Circus_offensive type Article.
- Circus_offensive type Article.
- Circus_offensive comment "The codename Circus was given to operations of British Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II where bombers, heavily escorted by fighters, were sent over continental Europe to bring enemy fighters into combat. These were usually formations of 20 to 30 bombers escorted by up to 16 squadrons of escort fighters. Bomber formations of this size could not be ignored by the German Luftwaffe.".
- Circus_offensive label "Circus offensive".
- Circus_offensive sameAs m.09g6cy8.
- Circus_offensive sameAs Q5121850.
- Circus_offensive sameAs Q5121850.
- Circus_offensive wasDerivedFrom Circus_offensive?oldid=611877145.
- Circus_offensive isPrimaryTopicOf Circus_offensive.