On a recent trip I picked up Ambose's
Citizen Soldiers to read on the plane. The following is an extract from the Chapter entitled "The Air War" and I thought we could use this in AH (of course only for Knight's usage).
In a discussion on the need to use the bathroom Ambrose writes:
"Lt. Chuck Halper had a navigator who needed to go on almost every mission. "He carried big paper containers with lids. Despite layers of clothing, parachute harness, Mae West, heated suit, trousers, long johns etc. he would make his contribution in the containers, slap the lid on and get dressed. Later, when the bombadier took over on the bomb run, the navigator would hook up to a portable oxygen bottle, pick up the carton and go back and stand in the bomb bay. When the bombs fell free, he would throw the container out. We were all somewhat flak happy and each of us accepted his behaviour as perfectly normal. We named his special bomb
flieger scheisse , German for flying toejam.""
When I read this I burst out laughing and the whole row next to me stared wondering what on earth was so funny. I read it to my wife and told her.."I gotta post that on the boards".
