See also 50 Years of Texas Caving, page 22, first paragraph. “The story of Dr. Lytle S. Adams and what was eventually named “Project X-Ray” is truly a Texas-size tale. Briefly, the time was 1942-1943, the US was at war with Japan and the idea was to capture bats, attach incendiary devices and release them over strategic areas of Japan. The bats would take refuge wherever they could and the resulting simultaneous fires would wreak havoc on the enemy. It is reported that the search for the largest concentrations of suitable bats included 1,000 caves and 3,000 mines. Eventually, Bracken and Ney caves were selected as best suited and their entrances were screened to collect the free-tailed bat, Tadarida mexicana. This bat, weighing only one-third ounce, was selected for its ability to carry a bomb-load of one ounce. Although never put into action against Japan, the idea was proven viable when a couple of bomb-equipped bats escaped and the resulting fires burned most of a military installation near Carlsbad, New Mexico.”
===Carl Kunath From: Bill Bentley Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:01 PM To: Louise Power ; texas cavers ; s...@caver.net Subject: [Texascavers] Re: [SWR] Curious about WWII bat bombs? You should read the book about Project X-Ray called the "Bat Bomb"... very interesting reading Bill... ----- Original Message ----- From: Louise Power To: texas cavers ; s...@caver.net Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:54 AM Subject: [SWR] Curious about WWII bat bombs? Take a look at this: http://msnvideo.msn.com/?channelindex=4&from=en-us_msnhp#/video/a028c91e-8f5e-43bf-a6a3-4fa70c9f4613 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr _______________________________________________ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET
