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Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:24 pm
by KWG
Iam the Allies now so I was reading about the day/night bombing and I came across this info.
The cross hairs for the Norden Bomb sight were made from the hair of Mary Babnik Brown who was a blonde.
They had tried the web of Black Widow spiders but the temp changes were too much for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Babnik_Brown
RE: Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:13 pm
by VI66_slith
Very interesting [:'(]
RE: Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:19 pm
by Rongor
Indeed, thanks for posting
RE: Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:29 pm
by JeffroK
Whats the truth?
States she donated ger hair in 1942 based on a newspaper article in 1943 and was used in bombsights in 1944???
RE: Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:00 pm
by LiquidSky
Who would have thought it. A Wikipedia article that has inaccuracies. I'm shocked. Shocked I say. [>:]
RE: Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:59 am
by KWG
The Black widow webs Ive seen do very well with the humidity, but winter weather leaves them thin or none at all.
RE: Mary Babnik Brown Bombed the Reich...
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:41 pm
by KWG
I would venture to say that the biggest inaccuracy may be that she was asked for hair from only her head.