The RAF Set Runways on Fire to Save 10,000 Pilots
#ww2history #ww2 #worldwar2 The RAF Set Runways on Fire to Save 10,000 Pilots During the darkest nights of World War II, RAF bomber crews could survive flak over Germany, freezing altitude, and German night fighters—only to return home and find Britain hidden beneath deadly fog. With fuel almost gone and visibility near zero, damaged bombers circled helplessly above airfields they could not see. Then Britain created one of the strangest rescue systems of the war. It was called FIDO. Pipes were laid along runways, fuel was pumped through them, and walls of fire were ignited to heat the air and burn a clear path through the fog. To exhausted crews coming home from bombing raids, those flames were not danger. They were the only way down. This is the forgotten story of how burning runways helped save thousands of Allied airmen. #ww2history #ww2 #worldwar2
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