Swoose
See also: swoose
English
editEtymology
editBlend of swan + goose (from a song about a bird that was half swan, half goose) because it had another aircraft's tail grafted onto it.
Proper noun
editthe Swoose
- (historical) A specific B-17 bomber plane used extensively in World War Two.
- 2005, Robert R. Burch, World War II: A Pilot's Experience, Trafford Publishing, page 69:
- The Swoose was so named because it contained so many scavenged parts that it was half swan and half goose or a “Swoose”.