Rhubarb

[ozzy72]

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.

[61_OTU]

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"

Nice shots Mark

[HawkerTempest5]

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

[Theis]

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

[ozzy72]

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

[Jared]

looking good