What's up with the trains

[Tiger27]

Originally Posted by DayGlow

I'll take real pilots testimony over an interweb hero any day on both accounts

I'm just re reading The Hardest day by Alfred Price, and it is clear that you cant always rely on pilots testimony, he describes one German bomber that was claimed by up to 4 pilots, all had attacked it and seen it go down smoking, so all gave factual accounts of what they saw, it was what they didnt see that was the problem, how would a pilot know for sure that when he attacked the Tiger tank it wasn't also under artillery attack at the same time, it's that old fog or war.

As for the cannons or bullets knocking a train off a track, well that's just not possible, unless of course the boiler explodes or a shell may damage the tracks and derail it but most times you would think the boiler would be hit from the top and just let off a huge fountain of steam.