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lisiate t1_j5wvfrc wrote

Reply to comment by PatmygroinB in TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers by PatmygroinB

I imagine seeing the Americans air-dropping pianos to keep their troops entertained would have been quite the morale killer as well.

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BananaLee t1_j5xb6z2 wrote

On the other front, the navy had a barge whose job was just making ice cream for the troops

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seakingsoyuz t1_j5yzohx wrote

reads article,

Oh, they had parachutes attached. That’s much less fun.

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UnassumingAnt t1_j5zahlc wrote

Americans asserting dominance by just dropping pianos onto German troops could have ended the war even sooner.

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schmyle85 t1_j60o1at wrote

Piano gets dropped on a German officer, he crawls out from under it with a big bump on his head and piano keys for teeth

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seakingsoyuz t1_j5zgcdj wrote

There’s an RAF and RCAF tradition of burning pianos at social functions, so I was actually willing to believe that it was a destructive air-dropping.

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PatmygroinB OP t1_j5yq9oo wrote

Or the ice cream Barges, or the candy and smokes in the field kit

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pass_nthru t1_j626b9r wrote

the officers get lucky strikes, the enlisted have to make do with raleigh’s

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