kudos to our Potential Enemies for the foot-care! :)
Posted by: Michael Shigorin
on September 14, 2007 11:05 PM
In the meanwhile, let me quote <a href=http://www.airliners.net/discussions/military/read.main/52252/1/#95>airliners.net</a> folks:
The Soviet government put political officers onboard their bombers when it became apparent that Soviet bomber crews were waving to the US and UK pilots that intercepted them. Their job was to ensure that no member of the crew responded in a 'nice' way to western pilots.
So the US and UK pilots decided to make them work for their money. They would approach the bomber from the back, wave to the rear gunner, and watch until the political officer appeared in a window at the back. Then they would accellerate to the front of the bomber, wave at the pilots and wait, then drop back and wave again at the rear gunner. Wash, rinse and repeat.
I guess these political officers later went on to compete at the Olympics as Soviet 100 meter sprinters.
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kudos to our Potential Enemies for the foot-care! :)
Posted by: Michael Shigorin on September 14, 2007 11:05 PMThe Soviet government put political officers onboard their bombers when it became apparent that Soviet bomber crews were waving to the US and UK pilots that intercepted them. Their job was to ensure that no member of the crew responded in a 'nice' way to western pilots.
So the US and UK pilots decided to make them work for their money. They would approach the bomber from the back, wave to the rear gunner, and watch until the political officer appeared in a window at the back. Then they would accellerate to the front of the bomber, wave at the pilots and wait, then drop back and wave again at the rear gunner. Wash, rinse and repeat.
I guess these political officers later went on to compete at the Olympics as Soviet 100 meter sprinters.
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