If 2477 survived, then even the lowest estimates of the number of dead bring the total on board to well over 3000. So, if the British government is...
The hospital where I do some of my work used to be a major military hospital. In the 1990's the government sold it to the NHS, to become the District...
I wonder if the Australians would be as quick to deport a woman suffering from terminal cancer? Note to non-UK forumites: the UK government did...
Thanks Andy - bookmarked this. Nearest I've found to this is the Bruce Robertson book, British Military Aircraft serial numbers, which I expect...
Its good that there continues to be young people who take these risks. Especially when they carry on the British tradition of the stiff upper lip:...
A great example of how two ordinary blokes living ordinary lives volunteer for their country, spent six years doing extraordinary things at enormous...
Sad for all concerned. I wonder what went wrong? The pilot, Lt Baltes, was only 20. Almost certainly the commander of the aircraft would have...
He weathered life's storms with courage and a smile - Obituaries - smh.com.au He weathered life's storms with courage and a smile - Obituaries -...
The NHS would collapse without workers from other countries, mainly Nigeria and Ghana. I have about three Nursing students a year to supervise, for...
For a long time I've been leaning towards Obama. But I'm getting concerned about just how much actual substance there is in politics, as well as how...
I assumed that this was a mis-reading for EIRE. Even if they thought she was flying the French flag, were French merchant ships considered enemy by...
Darwin Awards 2007 (for those weeded out by natural selection) "THINNING THE HERD" 2007 Thinning The Herd 2007 - Darwin Awards Eighth Place:...
Lord Pym - Telegraph Francis Pym's WW2 record is worth reading. A man who might have become Prime Minister if he had been ten years older, but...
Thanks, wish I'd found that when I wrote my piece above! Probably by the 1980's he could afford to come accross as a bit more human than when he...
It is interesting that they were prepared to allocate equipment and roles to whichever branch of the service seemed appropriate. Their armed forces...
An incredibly brave and honourable man; a friend of Britain of whom we are not worthy. In the Telegraph, the obituary of Paul Raymond appeared in...
Owen Just how far apart were the trees you had to pass between in the forced landing in the TB20? Adrian
Ivan Kozhedub; Alexander Pokryshkin As a spin-off from my thread on Erich Hartmann, Ace of Aces of all nations and all time, I have looked at the...
good thing they weren't in the infantry!
So, he believes in doing away with money - but expects other people to feed him rather than earning any money! :noidea:
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