Mary,
I was often playfully obnoxious. And since the other pilots couldn't really do anything drastic to me like punch me out, and they would not have done so anyways, they would often tie me to things to get me out of their hair. I usually got out of the mess on my own. Tying people up was an easy way of dealing with someone without causing hurt feelings. For example, Lothar would sometimes become real mean when he was drunk, so we tied him up. No one had to be disciplined by higher command. This way we took care of things ourselves and without losing the closeness that we all felt. As for what I did to deserve the snowball down the pants, I don't recall right now, and as for who did it.......Kreft,
Kurt Wolff, and about four others were there. Someone with blonde hair did it. I can almost see his face....he looks very young. I do remember my reaction. My eyeballs almost popped out of my head. Very good motivation for getting untied.
Rittm