Originally Posted by Parabola
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I have mentioned before that I knew an old boy who as a teenage gunner in a Home Guard Anti-Aircraft Battery in 1944 shot down a V1.

The doodlebug plummeted to earth to land just in front of their gun-pit. They made it into the shelter in time, but when they emerged found that the force of the blast had bent the barrel of their 3.7” gun.

Damn, Hello, That could wake you up