Scudrunners

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb

Between November 1944 and April 1945, the Imperial Japanese Army launched about 9,300 balloons ….

Amazing to think there are probably still some waiting to be found. I’m more a Ta-Go fan but there aren’t any of those out there.

Crazy to think those worked back then. Most of the victims were kids or curious people happening by them.

Didn’t Sleepy Joe just say they weren’t Chinese?

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... -down-usaf

Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF

I’m not saying we went something this to the ready-room of our neighbors at the 115th Fighter Squadron…
But… may they have a few of these types of baskets floating around the squadron.

The Dread Pilot Roberts wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:47 am

Crazy to think those worked back then. Most of the victims were kids or curious people happening by them.

I don’t think the intent of the Fu-Go was to directly kill people but instead to start forest and crop fires. The idea being that every firefighter used on the home front took away one more able bodied military recruit.

For the tech nerds, get your learn on with this old training video:


It’s a pretty clever rig, simple in operation but with some redundancy built in just in case.

We will probably not see the last of the Second World War's left over problems for a while yet.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wwii-era-b ... etonation/