Lord Haw Haw & the Officers Mess Clock Myth
I was reading 'Combat Crew' by John Comer - a story about a B17 crew based in England during WW2. He tells the story that Lord Haw Haw, on his German radio broadcast,mentioned their Bombardrment Group (351st?) and told them that the clock in the Officers Mess was 5 minutes slow - which it was.
Naturally this added to the fear of German spies being all over the place.
However this story is repeated exactly in 'Fall of Fortresses' by Elmer Bendiner about his Group and his Officers Mess clock...
I also believe the story was repeated in the film 'Twelve O'Clock High'.
Were all the 8th airforce clocks faulty or was this an urban myth?