Yehudi lights
An aeroplane with its Yehudi lights on (above) and off (below).
Meaning
Noun
- Lights placed under aeroplanes that raise their brightness to the same level as that of the sky, as a form of camouflage.
Origin
- Developed, in part, by the US Navy's "Project Yehudi" from 1943 onwards.
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