Bah, this is nothing.
It is said that in 1940 (I think) one of Polish submarines, while returning from a patrol to its base in Britain, found a barrage baloon, just floating near the surface. The crew tied it to the bow and carried on. Some time later a British escort spotted a peculair tandem, of an unidentified submarine towing a barrage baloon. Alarm was sounded but it soon became clear the boat is allied. The escort sent a message to the submarine: 'Since when submarines feel the need to fly?'
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