Subject: Inventor of "Window" dies
From: "ian maclure"
Date: 9/2/2004 4:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:40:47 +0000, teekaynospa wrote:

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the death this week of Fred L
Whipple, reportedly the inventor of "Window" (aluminum strips cut to a
length designed to confuse radar).

Indirectly, he probably saved a good number of lives in WWII.

His main claim to fame was as an astronomer.



Not to me it wasn't.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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