Seafarers being quite superstitious I wonder they thought she was jinxed?
I'm going to have to dig out that book on the Australians on Malta. Not an easy task as I have no idea where it is :frusty:
Incredible that he is still an instructor at that age. Good to hear that he made a safe landing. Just one thing - 78 Fighter Wing was not in Malta -...
If they really want to prove that they aren't racist they should name their next kid Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela Campbell ;)
You beat me to it, Annie. I was just reading this on the BBC site. I bet the next round of research will prove this wrong but until then it is...
Agreed, some excellent books mentioned there
Yes, I think that confused me. I was getting the Dehavilland Biplane no.1 and the Airco DH 1 mixed up. The later was introduced several years after...
Pictures of Biplane 1 and 2
Ignore my post #7 - a completely different aircraft (I am useless at pre-1930s aircraft). The Biplane 1 and 2 seem to be very similar and the...
I love the books. I know there was a film version (no comment) but didn't know he'd done a reading. I have a couple of books signed by him that I...
Are there any pictures of the original DH 1? I could only find modelling ones DeHavilland D.H.1 biplane. This scale DeHavilland D.H.1 WW1 fighter is...
The blogger does seem to have a certain, for want of a better word, snobbishness. He keeps saying academics this and academics that. For example, in...
All I can add is that he was commissioned as 2n Lt in 1943, he left the service as Captain, but given the honorary rank of Major Horace Reginald...
No, though I wish I could grow a 'tach like "him" (Humphrey Lestocq) ;)
The daughter's name is no better. And he claims not to be racist!!
for you or the money? :peep:
OK, I take back what said about this story. THIS has to be the dumbest: No birthday cake for little Hitler - Times Online Heath and Deborah...
I have just created a sub-forum, Keith: http://ww2chat.com/forums/modelling/
my main interest is the human element of the war, especially those flew in the air forces, so I completely agree Good idea I think Nostalgair,...
Is it just me or are some of the wargraves sinking slightly? Are they being addressed by the CWGC? The Battle of Barking Creek was a sad day for the...
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