by mermoz07 on 29 Aug 2009 23:16
Good morning,
My name is Pierre-Antoine Courouble. I’m the writer of a book: “The riddle of the wooden bomb”. This work is a serious synthesis about this subject never treated. An inventory documented and enriched by 86 illustrations and 187 notes and references. It brings together 163 stories and testimonies emanating from military pilots, resisters, veterans (whose German testimonies !) which may be ordinary soldiers, but also big names in aviation as well as senior officers . There are stories of former workers requisitioned on German airfields, professionals of Air Force, historians of the Second World War, some are academics. It is the careful record of all tracks interpretation of the phenomenon: the track Neve (confusion with decoys on the ground with bombs made of wood), the track Verstraeten (confusion with drop tanks), the track De Vos (disinformation propaganda). Regarding the thesis of Dr. Benamou (french historian specialist of Normandy) involving shares of SOE in Psywar, I acknowledge in the book it is unfortunately unprovable. Regarding the interpretation Billion of "Ailes anciennes Le Bourget" (bomb glued laminated wood), I acknowledge it has not obtained validation despite many efforts to confirm it. Finally the track (call Whiting theory) that Normandy refers to the famous U.S. wooden bombs Mark 4 & 5 (smocking or floating bomb) is the only one for which I have clearly found a range of evidence and corroborating testimonies that led into a conclusive end of the book (case Merlier to Prédefin).
This track embodies the famous case that now is no longer a myth but a historical reality. At your disposal for further information. Best regards from France. PAC
