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From North Creake, No 199 and No 171 Squadrons of No 100 Group of RAF Bomber Command flew Stirling IIIs and Halifax IIIs on radio counter-measures intended to conceal the true position of the main Allied bomber thrust. They used airborne radio transmitters called Mandrel to jam German early-warning radar and dropped aluminium strips, known as Window to give false radar readings. RAF North Creake veteran Bernie How and Air Marshal (retd) Sir Stuart Atha KBE CB DSO at the memorial dedication ceremony PIC: Steve Adams/The Control Tower B&B - Credit: Steve Adams 2021 Tel 07398 238853 Bernie, who is from Worlington in Suffolk, and the rest of his crew flew over to France ahead of D-Day and dropped the strips which tricked the enemy into believing the invasion was heading to Calais. ....