Originally Posted by
ORAC
There was the RAF SHar pilot who bombed his own carrier rather than the towed target. Thankfully only a 28lb practice bomb, though I understood it did go through 2 decks and ended up in a PO mess.
Yup, I was on the board for that one. Missed the LOX plant with (as I recall) c 2000 L of LOX in it by 20'. Now that would have been a bang!
The pilot thought that he had made a switch pigs but we managed to prove (much to their Lordships' displeasure) that it was a software glitch and the pilot was completely blameless. 'T would have been a different outcome if it had been an inert 1000lb instead of a smoke/flash 28lb.
Showed how accurate the SHAR LOFT attack could be though, as it was dead centre of the ship and entered the deck between the tramlines!
Mog