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Re: [SG] Wandering mines (was: NAC SAS rescues hostage. . .)

From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@c...>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 18:01:42 -0500
Subject: Re: [SG] Wandering mines (was: NAC SAS rescues hostage. . .)



Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
> Incendiary Bats.
> 
> Were to be used by the USAAF in WW2. Basically, the Bats froze at high
> altitude, so when dropped just .... dropped. End of Project. The idea
> was they would roost in eaves, etc. Small incendiary device attached.

	I remember hearing a (probably apocryphal) story
	about the incendiary bats.
	Something about a demonstration given to a
	visiting general.

	Alas, the bats choose to roost in the general's car.


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