Subject: The Wooden Airfield
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 09:08:59 EDT
"Flying A B-52"
A young guy in a two-engine fighter was flying escort
for a B-52 and generally being a nuisance, acting like
a hot dog, flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber.
The hot dog said over the air, "Anything you can do,
I can do better."
The veteran bomber pilot answered, "Try this, hot-shot."
The B-52 continued its flight, straight and level.
Perplexed, the hot dog asked, "So? What did you do?"
"I just shut down two engines, kid."
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"The Wooden Airfield"
One enemy decoy, built in occupied Holland, led
to a tale that has been told and retold ever since
by veteran Allied pilots. The German "airfield,"
constructed with meticulous care, was made
almost entirely of wood.
There were wooden hangars, oil tanks, gun
emplacements, trucks, and aircraft. The Germans
took so long in building their wooden decoy that
Allied photo experts had more than enough time
to observe and report it.
The day finally came when the decoy was finished,
down to the last wooden plank. And early the following
morning, a lone RAF plane crossed the Channel,
came in low, circled the field once, and dropped a
large wooden bomb.
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