A soundtrack that saved lives.
Having just posted a comment to someone's post below, I'm reminded about a friend's dad.

He used to be the radio guy on a Halifax bomber in WW2. Oneday my mate was visiting an aero museum, and found a bunch of enthusiasts beavering away, restoring an old Halifax. He walked over and had a chat - asking how it was going - and they told him that details and reliable info was hard to find, so they were left guessing in some areas.

Mike pointed out his dad's role in ww2, and asked if they'd like some first-hand info. "Hell yes!" they said.. so a few days later Mike and his 80+ dad rolled up and entered the hangar.

After answering all their questions, telling takes and having a good rummage in the old bird they asked a rather odd question.

"Erm.. this may sound silly, but why is there a microphone in the Nr2 engine bay?"
A happy smile cracked over the old fella's face, and he recounted this story.

During sorties over hostile europe, they'd be killing time, and trying not to be killed. Screwing up German radio communication was one way to nail 2 birds with one stone. The Radio guy would twiddle though frequencies until he heard German chatter, and then on his spare radio he'd transmit the best soundtrack he had to hand - jamming or disturbing their communication. The soundtrack? Up-close and personal "Rolls Royce Merlin".

This game of Radio Cat-and-mouse would continue so long as they didn't have anything important to do :)
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Fri 29 Jan 2010, 13:37, 2 replies)

I prefer the Kit Kat museum
Personally
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 14:58, closed)

I don't know where that is...
Do tell...
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Fri 29 Jan 2010, 17:14, closed)