I was going through some of my granddad's papers this weekend and came across this, don't know if its true or not...but knowing some of the kooks that are in the service, I don't doubt this for a minute!!!!
It seems that in World War II, our heavy bomber crews were suffering from severe stomach distress from the diet heavy in starchs and beans, being at 30,000 feet tends to allow the gas to flow freely and due to the discomfort caused by this, as well as the problems with taking a dump when you have to remove most of your clothing and squat over a cardboard box at -20F caused a lot of flyers to skip the evening meal.
Except for one intrepid navigator. Our hero freely loaded up on beans, greens, and potatoes every night and took a large stock of cardboard boxes with him on every bomb run. During the run into the target, he would take every chance to fill as many boxes as possible. He would then stock pile his "packages" next to to the bomb bay. When the doors were opened and the ordnance was dropped he would then add his "flingershasse" to the drop.
There is no record of anybody being hit by these makeshift missiles...but if it had happened......talk about getting your shit blown away!!!!
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