Paratrooper Dummy International Spy Museum

Meet Rupert. His mission? Deceit. On D-Day in June 1944, the Allies dropped hundreds of burlap and sand dummies with cotton parachutes across France, far…

A Rupert, a paradummy or military deception device dropped over Normandy during the D Day parachute landings, Pegasus Museum, Normandy, France Stock Photo - Alamy

Inflatable Tank Decoy used in WWII To fool the Germans into thinking the Allies were going to invade hundreds of miles from the actual D-day landing sites. International Spy Museum, Washington DC

Object of Intrigue: The Dummy Paratroopers of WWII - Atlas Obscura

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Operation 'Titanic' - Dummy paratroopers in World War Two - Air Force Museum of New Zealand

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Operation 'Titanic' - Dummy paratroopers in World War Two - Air Force Museum of New Zealand

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