dam busters

nt (Krztalizer) wrote in message ...
Torpedos were thought of first, by both sides. So, the Jerries rigged
effective anti-torpedo nets in front of their dams, rendering the torpedo
threat moot. Enter Barnes Wallace....


Didn't the US Navy use Skyraiders (AD-2s or -4s, I believe) to
successfully torpedo a dam in North Korea during that war?

Guess the NKs didn't read RAM...

Kirk

Didn't the US Navy use Skyraiders (AD-2s or -4s, I believe) to
successfully torpedo a dam in North Korea during that war?

those rice-paper torpedo nets were surprisingly effective during testing, but
failed miserably in operational use.

Guess the NKs didn't read RAM...

They get their info from Channel Only One; "All the news you'll ever get to
hear".

v/r
Gordon
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Kirk Stant wrote:
nt (Krztalizer) wrote in message
...
Torpedos were thought of first, by both sides. So, the Jerries rigged
effective anti-torpedo nets in front of their dams, rendering the torpedo
threat moot. Enter Barnes Wallace....


Didn't the US Navy use Skyraiders (AD-2s or -4s, I believe) to
successfully torpedo a dam in North Korea during that war?

Yep. Here's a photograph:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...00/g428678.jpg

Apparently they blew off one floodgate and damaged another.

The dam, however, remained intact.

-Marc

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(Marc Reeve) wrote in message
Apparently they blew off one floodgate and damaged another.

The dam, however, remained intact.

-Marc

Nice photo. The gates were the targets, not the dam itself.

Rich

From: (Rich)
Date: 2/19/2004 6:08 PM Central Standard Time
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(Marc Reeve) wrote in message
Apparently they blew off one floodgate and damaged another.

The dam, however, remained intact.

-Marc

Nice photo. The gates were the targets, not the dam itself.

Rich

Hey, watch the dam language.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

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(B2431) wrote:

Hey, watch the dam language.

Sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

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Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
(B2431) wrote:

Hey, watch the dam language.

Sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

Maybe a little laxative would be in order?
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-Gord.

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:21:51 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
(B2431) wrote:

Hey, watch the dam language.

Sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

Great, one bad joke trigger another, and then the floodgates open.

Peter Kemp

In article ,
Peter Kemp wrote:

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:21:51 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
(B2431) wrote:

Hey, watch the dam language.

Sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

Great, one bad joke trigger another, and then the floodgates open.

Considering the subject of the thread, maybe we should just skip it.

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"Peter Kemp" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:21:51 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
(B2431) wrote:

Hey, watch the dam language.

Sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

Great, one bad joke trigger another, and then the floodgates open.

It's bad when things go over the top.


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