dakkg651. The problems with the AAR kit was not only a pain for the techies. The aircrew were having to cope with splashed fuel obscuring vision, not ideal in close formation, but, even worse, the loss of engines as the splashed fuel flowed down the intakes and caused flame-outs.
Gainsay. The cold shower from the bomb bay was generated by the warm moist surface air meeting the cold, having been at height for many hours, interior of the bomb bay and condensing out. Ascension was very humid, being close to the Equator and nothing but sea for at least 600nm in any direction.