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Sep 16^th, 2006 at 3:33pm

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Well I had to do a rhubarb into Holland from my base near Thetford... here are some snaps from the mission. Spitfire XVI courtesy of Plane Design.

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Reply #1 - Sep 16^th, 2006 at 6:21pm

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Johnnie Johnson - 'Winged Victory' 1995 - Ch5 P48.

"I loathed these Rhubarbs with a deep, dark hatred. Apart from the flak, the hazards of making a let-down over unknown territory and with no accurate knowledge of the cloud base seemed too great a risk for the damage we inflicted. During the following three summers, hundreds of pilots were lost on either small or mass Rhubarb operations"

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Reply #2 - Sep 17^th, 2006 at 6:14am

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Very nice pics pal, even if the XVI came a bit late for Rhubarb ops. Wink

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Reply #3 - Sep 17^th, 2006 at 7:29am

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Sorry for being ignorant, but what is a "Rhubarb"?

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Reply #4 - Sep 17^th, 2006 at 12:29pm

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A rhubarb was the name for a low-level beat-up of targets of opportunity. They were normally put on when the weather was tooooooooo bad (I mean really sh*tty) for normal ops and some pilots were getting a little anxious. Hence the wee bombs on my wings Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 17^th, 2006 at 11:16pm

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looking good

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