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Offline bustr

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WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« on: January 29, 2011, 07:12:10 PM »
Which carrier born aircraft from WW2 lacking a rear gunner, the navigator would toss bundels of toliet papers into the slip stream to confuse attacking fighters?
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2011, 08:39:43 AM »
If they're turning to the head for chaff, I'm sure there's other things that would have been a bit more effective.... :D
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 11:42:17 AM »
Hint the attackers were Itallian.......
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 12:54:26 PM »
i would say swordfish but it had tail gun

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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 01:36:39 PM »
Fairey Fulmar
d-40 and d-11 easily out turn a spixteen
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 02:20:58 PM »
Which carrier born aircraft from WW2 lacking a rear gunner, the navigator would toss bundels of toliet papers into the slip stream to confuse attacking fighters?
Used toilet paper would have worked even better. They never go all the way with these ideas.
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 11:21:38 PM »
Used toilet paper would have worked even better. They never go all the way with these ideas.

That'd be fun watching someones reaction after a big turd hit their window.
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2011, 12:33:24 AM »
Fairey Fulmar

We got a winner and a case of Clean sanitary tissues to you to fling in your opponts face in the MA.

Story goes the navigators would use flare pistols , Tommy guns and wads of tissue sheets to answer the challenge.
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2011, 02:52:20 AM »
That'd be fun watching someones reaction after a big turd hit their window.
There's a big propeller infront driven by 1500-2000HP - then you really get to see what happens when "the **** hits the fan".
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 11:29:23 AM »
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Story goes the navigators would use flare pistols , Tommy guns and wads of tissue sheets to answer the challenge.

When you have tried everything else......throw in the kitchen sink!
d-40 and d-11 easily out turn a spixteen
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2011, 08:39:24 PM »
Used toilet paper would have worked even better. They never go all the way with these ideas.
Why don't just throw feces then?
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Re: WW2: Antother Stranger Than Fiction Moment
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2011, 02:49:48 AM »
Why don't just throw feces then?
The gunner would have to stand on his seat, turn around and lower his pants. Do you know the temperature at 20kft? I hope he's got furry balls.
Be practical man!
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Click!>> "So, you want to fly the wooden wonder" - <<click!
the almost incomplete and not entirely inaccurate guide to the AH Mosquito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOWswdzGQs