They were known as Basket Bombers. And thus the Dam Busters inadvertently invented Basket Ball.
Fact of the Day: The Lancaster fighter jet was the first plane to be made by wicker basket makers at #RAFLuton after the shortage of metal during WW1 meant metal was needed for tanks more than planes and helicopters. #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/KsatR8w4b9
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You have the sub called Sinky, so I assume these were called a varient of Windy.
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I must correct you, basket makers were only used on the fine components, such as flaps and other control surfaces. Hedge layers built the actual fuselages.
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Errm, you've made a mistake. It should be written WWI.
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Those are not Lancasters. Clearly they have no wings and are FSS boats (Fast Submersible Submarines).
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If I am not mistaken the craftsman were known as the Rattan Artisinal Fabricatiors
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Those buggers at RAF Cardington near Bedford kept pinching all the metal to build airships... One day the MOD will declassify the role airships played defeating the Germans in WW2, it is said every time Cardington lengthened the airships they shorten the war.
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And the sheds were protected throughout WW2 by painting houses on the sides as Camouflage.pic.twitter.com/2SGAo2VDSq
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I know this is a parody account but they’re wellingtonspic.twitter.com/lvfC9t0Aoy
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That sausage roll isn't cooked all the way through.
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