Wood for Wood

[SYN_Vander]

A funny bit of WW2 trivia I came across while surfing for something else:

 

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/355/language/fr-FR/Wood-For-Wood.aspx

Edited February 15, 2014 by SYN_Vander

[Revvin]

Nice bit of trivia but I have a hard time believing the allies would waste precious fuel and risk their airman's lives from the possibility of flak and attack from possible patrols just to make a point

[BMA_West]

Psycological war fare LOL

[DD_fruitbat]

I wonder if there was a special branch of the RAF for these raids.

 

Yew need to bear in mind there is a often grain of truth in poplar stories.

 

 

 

Great story.

 

Groan, you here all week?

 

[Heliopause]

It's also mentioned in Dutch book(s). During WWII a number of airfields in Holland had a decoy airfield nearby to fool enemy pilots.

Planes like the Blenheim "bombed" these fields with wooden bomb(s). Maybe I can find something in the books that I have....

[6./ZG26_Emil]

I sincerely hope they get to the root of this story. Wooden flak guns eh? Their bark will be worse that their bite that's for sure.

[DD_Arthur]

 

[Feathered_IV]

Pity they never tried it with Mosquitoes. That wood have blown their minds.

[Finkeren]

Reflected: I've meant to ask for a while: Your avatar, is that Ryoji from "Shin Seiki Evangelion"?

[Feathered_IV]

It is he, although I'm not Reflected. 

[Finkeren]

LOL sorry, Feathered. I used to mix up the two of you constantly on the RoF forum as well, I have no idea why.  

 

Best Anime series ever BTW.

Edited February 20, 2014 by Finkeren