[jim]

Originally Posted by JustPlaneNuttz

Yes -- I have heard about THAT one too.

Apparently the RAF bomber crews would 'valve off' before a flight into the bomb bay area and this was supposedly a common practise (new to me). When they got the Fortress I, they continued this ritual and would find the bomb doors wouldn't open at altitude -- hence one of the reasons the RAF deemed the aircraft unreliable. Now how I heard ithe story was, the doors just froze up. I also heard heard that this 'liquid' would fry out the electric motor that operated the bomb bay doors on the Fortress I, causing them to be considered 'unreliable'. RAF bombers weren't affected because the bomb doors would allow liquid to drain, hence nothing to 'pool' and freeze.

Stories, stories and more stories, eh?

Over the next day or so I'm going to try and track down the origins of this (to date) myth. Give me a day or so, OK? (I got it someplace!!)

JPN

Dont forget the Germans complained that the Brits were using germ warfare, it was traced to emptying the Elsans while flying over Germany.

[JustPlaneNuttz]

Originally Posted by jim

Dont forget the Germans complained that the Brits were using germ warfare, it was traced to emptying the Elsans while flying over Germany.

(heh-heh) The irony, eh? Maybe they would have had better success if they complained about the fact they couldn't sleep at night due to all the airplanes flying over.

JPN

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by jim

Dont forget the Germans complained that the Brits were using germ warfare, it was traced to emptying the Elsans while flying over Germany.

Yes, I believe they referred to it as "fliegen schidt"....