P-38s vs. Ballon Bombs-Issue In Doubt
Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:33 pm
The moral of the story is..............
You don't win if you shoot down your leader
P-38Ls 54th FS 343rd FG 11th AF April 11, 1945
Oops sorry leader
On target
Hammer down 
You don't win if you shoot down your leader
P-38Ls 54th FS 343rd FG 11th AF April 11, 1945
Oops sorry leader
On target
Hammer down
Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:36 pm
The Japanese launched several thousand of these balloon bombs. One killed a ministers wife and a couple of kids in Oregon, in I believe 1944. A few started small forest fires (the initial aim of the bombs was to burn down the Western U.S. forests).
HOWEVER!!! there could still be hundreds of these 63 year old things laying out in the boonies clear into the Eastern Midwest, be aware that they are still out there and watch your step out in the woods!!
HOWEVER!!! there could still be hundreds of these 63 year old things laying out in the boonies clear into the Eastern Midwest, be aware that they are still out there and watch your step out in the woods!!