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Originally Posted by John Rogers
During the bombing in WW2 one could tell the difference by the weird sounding droning of the the diesel engine compared to the petrol engine, however the bombs sounded the same as they hit the ground and buildings.
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Our blackout curtains glowed when they chucked basket loads of phosphorus incediaries onto us. The target was a magnesium plant, which they missed, but the cornfields were well alight. Designed to smash through roofs, they were adorned with spinners which caused screaming wails as they came down. Dad was a fire watcher - it kept him busy. Next day we would hunt for the cases, tie a spinner to a rope and whirl it about to reproduce the wail. One lad found a live incendiery - his mam had a fit when she found it among his tin soldiers. Hitler must have thought we were short of toys.