So I’ve had this niggling thought since I posted my somewhat flippant remark concerning the term “Rodeo attack” yesterday. Try as I might I was struggling to find a connection between the term and the action.
Anyway this morning, I’m sipping my morning coffee when a word leapt into my brain, RONDO (or Rondeau if you prefer), and a thought began to form. At first I wasn’t exactly sure what a rondo was, so I looked it up:
“A reoccuring instrumental chainlike composition with a leading refrain occurring four times…often found in the final movements of a…”
The parallels seemed all the more immediate, and appropriate. Rondo attack… Rondo attack…
It definitely has a certain ring to it.
Before anyone imparts the rhyme and reason for the term “Rodeo attack”,
I’m not suggesting a name change, just sharing my idle thoughts, as you do down the pub.
Time for another coffee.
Baz.
You want to be careful what you search for…unless safe search is off 
My thoughts behind calling it a rodeo attack, now bear with me :)… initially I was thinking of cowboys and indians as the wagons would be circled as defence against the natives (or in our case 20mm flak :)) but I couldn’t get a word that would sound right, then I ran with the theme to the Calgary Stampede which I have been to a couple of times and then I thought of a Rodeo as men, horses and bulls charging around a circular arena and I settled on Rodeo If we can get another name for it that is better suited I am all for changing it 
I know this term Rodeo as well from my second WW flying books here I’m sure. 56th FG made Rodeo missions…
and err
Wasn’t this Rondeau a medieval dance as well…couples hopp and round and so on?
My intention was not to question anyone’s integrity, but to merely drum up some discussion. Thanks for the explanation though Classic.
Baz.
Circuses, Rhubarbs and Rodeos.
Code words for RAF used by the RAF for Ops in France after the BoB. Most of the codewords appear to be totally random made up names.
[ul]
[li]Channel Stop – Air operations intended to stop enemy shipping passing through the Strait of Dover.
[/li][li]Circus – bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
[/li][li]Flower – patrols in the area of enemy airfields with the intention of preventing aircraft from taking off and attacking those aircraft that succeeded.
[/li][li]Gardening – mine-laying operations
[/li][li]Instep – missions to restrict attacks on Coastal Command aircraft by maintaining a presence over the Western Approaches.
[/li][li]Intruder – offensive patrols intended to destroy enemy aircraft over their own territory, patrols were usually carried out at night.
[/li][li]Jim Crow – coastal patrols to intercept enemy aircraft crossing the British coastline, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940
[/li][li]Kipper – patrols to protect fishing boats in the north sea against attack from the air.
[/li][li]Mahmoud – sorties flown by de Havilland Mosquitoes equipped with backward radar, when enemy aircraft were detected a 180° turn enabled an attack.
[/li][li]Mandolin – attacks on enemy railway transport.
[/li][li]Ramrod – short range bomber attacks to destroy ground targets, similar to Circus attacks.
[/li][li]Ranger – freelance flights over enemy territory by units of any size, the intention was to occupy and tire enemy fighters.
[/li][li]Rhubarb – operations when sections of fighters or fighter-bombers, taking full advantage of low cloud and poor visibility, would cross the English Channel and then drop below cloud level to search for opportunity targets such as railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft on the ground, enemy troops and vehicles on roads.
[/li][li]Roadstead – dive bombing and low level attacks on enemy ships at sea or in harbour.
[/li][li]Rodeo – fighter sweeps over enemy territory
[/li][li]Rover – armed reconnaissance flights with attacks on opportunity targets.
[/li][/ul]
All very RAF
Sounds like you was on a Circus/Flower
I suspect the words rondeau or rondo, or roundelay (which is perhaps what you are alluding to Hiaw?) and rodeo(?), are all derivations of a much earlier Angle, or Latin word meaning… to go around or round and round and round and runod and rnood… beter stup Im gettun dizzzzy.
Baz.
Darn how could I forget that Rodeo was already taken :o
Ok lets rename it, what about the ‘Carousel’ attack?
If you followed RAF logic you could call it anything you like, the more random it is the better
I’m open to suggestions Brigs
Hows your recovery coming along? hope your feeling better
Sounds good to me, we go around and around the carousel.
I personally liked this one from WW2
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO :- World War II, AEAF (Allied Expeditionary Air Force) operations against German train movements in France and Germany.
Code Names from WW2 Allied and Axis
http://www.history.army.mil/reference/CODE.HTM
Splash
Still a limping one armed bandit at the moment. Got 2 fractures in my elbow, one quite bad. I reckon I’ll be as good as gold in two weeks though.
On the new tactic…your idea of “Carousel” sounds perfect. Round and around, going up and down…sums it up I think
Boomerang has a nice ring to it.