Douglas A-1 Skyraider toilet bomb - photo

Douglas A-1 Skyraider toilet bomb.

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More:

https://www.wearethemighty.com/artic...with-a-toilet/


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...273#post161492
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...066#post153423
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...432#post131630
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...125#post134424
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...373#post127046

These single engine Skyraiders had greater ordnance payloads then 4 engine B-17's and B-24's...do water closets classify as unconventional weapons?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider

There's an interesting story behind the "toilet bomb".

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/ins...ilet-bomb.html

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Originally Posted by mlochala

There's an interesting story behind the "toilet bomb".

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/ins...ilet-bomb.html

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The lead article is really good; the follow-on regarding May 1939 and MS St. Louis of Hamburg even better, off topic but ultimately topical.

I believe it was also the last plane to be flown by enlisted men. I remember seeing a few flying sergeants in the AD squadron. I was in an A-4 (Skyhawk) squadron and all jet pilots were officers.