"What does "powdered" mean?" Topic
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tshryock  | 31 Aug 2017 8:29 a.m. PST |
My first post was apparently eaten by a bug that put it in something about captured KV-1s, so I'll try again. I was reading a book about B-17s and the author (a co-pilot) used the term "powdered" several times in conjunction with describing an aircraft being hit.
I've never seen that term before. Does it mean the aircraft blew up (like a big puff of powder)? Or is it just slang for getting hit? |
| RittervonBek | 31 Aug 2017 8:51 a.m. PST |
could it be "pulverised"is what is meant? |
| Ed von HesseFedora | 31 Aug 2017 10:09 a.m. PST |
Slang for getting hit either very hard, or a lot, or both. |
SteelVictory  | 01 Sep 2017 11:29 a.m. PST |
Sometimes the same word can have different usage depending on the service branch or theater. In the Eighth Air Force "pancake" meant a very hard landing. For the USMC pilots in the PTO "pancake" meant a routine landing. |
| wrgmr1 | 01 Sep 2017 7:23 p.m. PST |
Probably meaning smoke from flak. Being powdered by the smoked and shrapnel. |
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