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.