Mary Babnik Brown

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(11-10-2018 08:31 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(11-10-2018 08:17 AM)Rsmyth Wrote:  Roger, did you read the comment by opoth66 below the article!

Yes. I tried to find the story at Snopes, but drew a blank. Wikipedia, not necessarily a reliable source, seems to accept the story as told. In all honesty, I do not have any knowledge on this topic and cannot comment.

I do agree opoth66 sure seems to know his/her stuff.

I must admit that I did not read the comments below the article, and the one by opoth66 certainly seems legitimate. However, there are others that seem to disagree.

As for the one who says that he has dismantled several Norden bombsights from WWII and no blonde hair, I would ask how many bombsights would have been made from just that? By 1945, had scientists created something like blonde hair as substitutes?

Also, the comment about the use of the term "metereological" in the advertisement that Mary saw is a little strange. Surely that term would have been a cover for what the real purpose was to be. And like in one of the comments, I would question how Reagan, the Aviation Historical Association, and the newspapers were fooled also. Mary didn't even know what her hair had been used for. There is a letter online in which Thomas Ferebee - bombadier on the Enola Gay, August 6, 1945 - mentions Mrs. Brown's contribution.

P.S. I once read an article about the "funding" behind Snopes (let's just say by a person that I consider an enemy of the U.S.), and that turned me off to believing their assessments of things...

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I just realized that I gave the wrong maiden name for Mary Brown - it should be Babnic, not Babcock. My apologies.