seakingsoyuz t1_j5yzohx wrote
Reply to comment by lisiate 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
reads article,
Oh, they had parachutes attached. That’s much less fun.
UnassumingAnt t1_j5zahlc wrote
Americans asserting dominance by just dropping pianos onto German troops could have ended the war even sooner.
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
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.
dressageishard t1_j5zmv35 wrote
Yeh.
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