Originally Posted by
Danny42C
Geriaviator (pp Rupert Parkhouse #9992),
Better than coal, it seemed; I believe the Yorks could never get rid of the coal dust.
Did the Sunderlands land in the Havel lake ?
Recalls the US Skymasters going into Tempelhof, where the second dickies would open the side window on long finals, and toss out a load of 'Hershey' bars (one at a time !) to the eager crowd of Berlin children below (didn't Hershey, when they heard of this, supply the chokkies free for the purpose ? (through the PX, I suppose).
Danny.
Several of the Hastings of LXX Sqn at Akrotiri in the mid 1960s still had coal dust lurking in various bits of their interiors