The squadron

[WinnieThePoo]

I replied to a post about mosquito bites, sharing my wife's tip of my RITM scenar sport. I mentioned prevention was better, and referred to our 2 bats (allocated night time duties) and "the squadron"

I haven't worked out how to include a picture in a response - hence the new thread, but this is 617 squadron on a training drill before their next combat duties with the mossies. (Can't figure how to post a video...)

[rideabike]

So nice to have help around the house.... love your picture!

[WinnieThePoo]

I just realised that the 617 squadron reference is likely to be lost on non-Brits. 617 squadron were an elite squadron of Lancaster bombers in the 2nd world war, lead by wing commander Guy Gibson, who trained for a secret mission to destroy 3 dams in the Ruhr valley and disrupt German industry. They used a British invention of Barnes Wallis (designer of the Lancaster bomber) - the "bouncing bomb" which skimmed over the lake spinning, before spinning down to a depth in front of the dam which blew a hole in it.

The raid involved flying at exactly 60 ft above the lake surface - a tough precision flying exercise in heavy bombers and mountainous terrain, facing German flak fire. The swallows fly circuits of the pool, and then swoop in on bombing runs to sip water in flight, very reminiscent of 617 squadron.

youtube.com/watch?v=M5SYpxS...(Not working as expected?)