May 16, 2007 17:47
17 yrs ago
English term
strapped in a Mosquito
English
Art/Literary
Military / Defense
the text is about WWII
here are two different contexts:
(1) You are brave Doctor Sargent, Adrian Boult has turned down the mission to be strapped in a bomb rack of a Mosquito and fly to Sweden.
(2) PHOTOGRAPHS OF SARGENT STRAPPED IN A MOSQUITO AS IT FLIES OVER GERMAN OCCUPIED NORWAY TO SWEDEN.
it's the "strapped" word that confuses me here: does it mean he was dropped out of the mosquito plane with a parachute?
thanks!
here are two different contexts:
(1) You are brave Doctor Sargent, Adrian Boult has turned down the mission to be strapped in a bomb rack of a Mosquito and fly to Sweden.
(2) PHOTOGRAPHS OF SARGENT STRAPPED IN A MOSQUITO AS IT FLIES OVER GERMAN OCCUPIED NORWAY TO SWEDEN.
it's the "strapped" word that confuses me here: does it mean he was dropped out of the mosquito plane with a parachute?
thanks!
Responses
| 4 +7 | tied in some way into the plane |
Tony M
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| 4 +2 | tied into |
Patricia Rosas
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| 5 +1 | Tied on to the bomb rack |
lindaellen (X)
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1 hr
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tied in some way into the plane
It's quite simple, it didn't have any passenger seats, so there was only one place 'passengers' could travel — the bomb rack!
People would in any case usually have been strapped in (even if seats had existed) because of bumpy flights.
The intention might or might not have been a parachute drop, but that is not directly implied within the 'strapped'
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-16 19:01:19 GMT)
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By the way, there's really nothing seriously wrong with the English, other than perhaps some missed commas which would make it read better.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-16 20:28:54 GMT)
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Good article on the Mosquito here:
http://www.flexi.net.au/~bfillery/mossie01.htm
People would in any case usually have been strapped in (even if seats had existed) because of bumpy flights.
The intention might or might not have been a parachute drop, but that is not directly implied within the 'strapped'
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-16 19:01:19 GMT)
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By the way, there's really nothing seriously wrong with the English, other than perhaps some missed commas which would make it read better.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-16 20:28:54 GMT)
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Good article on the Mosquito here:
http://www.flexi.net.au/~bfillery/mossie01.htm
Peer comment(s):
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Anton Baer
: Good and clear. Mosquitoes on recon often had no armament either!
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Thanks, Heinrich! My Dad was an aircraft engineer and actually worked on the development of them!
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Peter Skipp
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Thanks, Peter!
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Trudy Peters
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Thanks, Trudy!
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Ken Cox
: wonder if this is supposed to be humorous or perhaps sarcastic?
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Thanks, KC! Yes, I couldn't decide either; I also wondered if it's referring to THE Adrian Boult and Malcolm Sargent?
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Polangmar
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Thanks, Polangmar!
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Elena Aleksandrova
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Spasibo, Elena!
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Hakki Ucar
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Thanks, Hakki!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Patricia Rosas
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tied into
Frankly, that sentence is really odd! I think the punctuation is awry:
You are brave, doctor, Sargeant Adrian Boult has turned down...
The idea is that the doctor will be tied into the part of the plane where the bombs are normally carried
You are brave, doctor, Sargeant Adrian Boult has turned down...
The idea is that the doctor will be tied into the part of the plane where the bombs are normally carried
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9 mins
Tied on to the bomb rack
Straps are narrow strips of leather or material used to tie things together (Websters Dict.) for ex. the shoulder strap on a handbag.
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Note added at 9 mins (2007-05-16 17:56:51 GMT)
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He was only dropped if the straps broke.
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Note added at 9 mins (2007-05-16 17:56:51 GMT)
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He was only dropped if the straps broke.
Discussion
In my edited sentence, "flown" is not in the past tense: turned down the mission to be strapped in a bomb rack and flown over Norway.
Not all straps are of leather (which is probably a really good thing when it comes to bombs!)--the ones in the photo are metal. I assume Sargent is going to lie down & be tied in where a bomb ...
maybe, yes, it's about smuggling him in--thanks fot the thought
though i still don't quite understand what on earth it is that he's strapped to :)
No parachute. Is he perhaps being smuggled in? He's just tied there, and when they land he gets out???
and what's so brave about being tied ONTO the bomb rack? :/ doesn't that mean he would die? (after these scenes, he doesn't!)
or does it just mean that he would be dropped out of the plane (with a parachute) after the bombs from the same compartment?..