Buzz Bomb

As Paul Fussell notes in "Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War," troops "were so eager for drink that numbers of them consumed captured buzz-bomb fluid (i.e., methyl alcohol) and died." ❋ Unknown (2007)

The group intelligence officer began the briefing with a special 8th Air Force Headquarters intelligence estimate of the German V-1 missile (buzz-bomb) capability. ❋ Unknown (1944)

The weather had been so adverse during January and to the 20th of February, our group had flown only sixteen missions; most of them were No-Ball strikes against buzz-bomb (V-I missiles) launching sites. ❋ Unknown (1944)

What's strange about this is that the Volt's 1.4 liter range extender is hardly an overstressed buzz-bomb, making only 80 hp at the crank and 74 hp at the generator. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After that introduction to war, he flew as the pilot of a seasoned B-24, hitting buzz-bomb targets that German forces had set up at Calais in northern France. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given the assault of devilishly clever plot twists that buzz-bomb your brain like a two-hour binge of quad-shot lattes, ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like the album, the concert opened with the aptly titled "The Strangers" and the quiet desperation of "Save Me From What I Want," and closed with the climactic coda of "Black Rainbow" and the buzz-bomb disco strut of "Marrow." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since March I have seen two unmanned surveillance vehicles fly over my property … looked like a cross between a cruise missle and a buzz-bomb … Canadian border. ❋ Fraser Cain (2008)