BOC: Me.262s (Was - Re: Buck Benefit / BOC fanatic checklist)

[Jon Jarrett]

On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, M R Godwin wrote:

> The lyric that I downloaded from somewhere has "Great silver slugs" (not
> grey-silver). I always assumed that this meant the rockets (because of the
> size).

        Never thought of that - it certainly makes moresense. And allows
us to clear the band of aeronautical ignorance, which is of course
all-important ;-)

> And what about "They hung their dependent like some heavy metal fruit"?
> Surely that means that the things are slung underneath the fuselage?

        Doesn't that refer to the bombers rather than the 262? Hanging
"dependant from the sky"? $0.02,
                                 Jazza

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