Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
That was known as der Doppelflammenbuchsenunterdenfluegelnkannonenschnabelteufel.
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Which is with my limited translation abilities - "It's a P-38, not a P-39. Therefore it is one off the big time."That was known as der Doppelflammenbuchsenunterdenfluegelnkannonenschnabelteufel.
That was known as der Doppelflammenbuchsenunterdenfluegelnkannonenschnabelteufel.
Americans had a nick name for the Me262:What might 8AF bomber crews have thought of the Me 262 "Whattheheckwassat?"
And a nice Chianti…Served with fava beans.
Depends on the level of yankee cynicism I suspect.Why, in western literature do Allied aircraft(and other vehicles) have nick names (mostly) that reflect fear from their opponents while Soviet equipment reflects fatalism (guaranteed varnished coffin? coffin for 6 brothers. ) and Japanese nick names reflect even more spectacular endings (Lighter type I or Zippo type I?)
I suspect a bit of favoritism
That was the Lee tank.Soviet equipment reflects fatalism (guaranteed varnished coffin? coffin for 6 brothers
Depends on the level of yankee cynicism I suspect.
Nicknames like "Whistling Shitcan", "Crowd Killer", "All Three Dead" and "T-tailed Mountain Magnet" aren't really striking fear into the hearts of the enemy...
I could have used that name on the P-38 design I did but my laptop only had a 14" screen!That was known as der Doppelflammenbuchsenunterdenfluegelnkannonenschnabelteufel.
Did Scrabble ever catch on in Germany?Ah, one of the shorter German words.
Pel-Air Express often used our hangar for maintenance work in the olden days, I always liked the nickname for their Fairchild Metro lll aircraft "The DEATH PENCIL"Somehow, it's true above ... not exactly striking fear into the hearts of millions, is it?
They used to call the A-7 Corsair II a 'SLAT," or "Slow Low Aerial Target" ... or SLUFF, "Short Little Ugly Fat Fu**er." There was a very entertaining article by a former SLAT driver called "Sluffy gets a MiG!." Can't find it now, but it was an entertaining read.