Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-08 17:42:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 50BF7DA22A16DCCD6E76CB311C3B0A624F40BF2052444AF9EB68FEA76218568C
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Original Note:
No evidence exists that this ever occurred, & historians are in agreement that it never actually happened. It is likely that this originated as a wartime era joke story, kept alive today on social media. Furthermore, the “wooden bomb” pictured is an aircraft float light https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wooden-bomb/ https://www.forces.net/heritage/history/did-allied-pilots-really-drop-fake-wooden-bombs-fake-wooden-decoy-airfields
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