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BOMB LINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

A demarcation line established in a combat area beyond which aircraft can attack ... without danger to their own ground troops

CONT

The squadrons moved from airfield to airfield to keep up with the Allied advances and to stay close to the bomb line — the line on a map behind which they could not bomb due to the nearness of Allied troops.

OBS

bomb line; BL: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

ligne de bombardement; LB : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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