Very little on 618 available on the web, apart from some details of their preparations to use the bouncing bomb for anti-shipping ops. They never saw...
Welcome to the forum, Hugh. Nice to have another member with knowledge of the navy, and it seems that you certainly had a lot of experience. How...
pah, ostentatious rubbish
a hot curry would probably give you the boost
stone or years?
We were waiting for you
One wonders whether it was to punish Hess, or a stick to beat the West with.
I had to look up Matelot (after Morse's welcome to Hugh in another thread). This made me laugh (though this id from the Oz navy: A Matelot is...
Perry Biddiscombe, writer of the above book, also wrote a book about the Werewolves. But this one is more detailed, and concentrates on the 1944/45...
Taking a short break from my usual diet of air foce and aircraft books, I've been readibng a very interesting book about the Nazi attempts to create...
How we got to 90 - some nonagenarians describe their lives: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7016844.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2547568.ece The daily regime faced by Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy, during his two...
It's very good as a memoir - but don't expect dates and specific details. But some great material setting the "scene". Unfortunately it stops after...
He must have spent a furtune because quite a lot of those books are very difficult to get hold of (I've looked :cry_smile:)
The site is an excellent example for others to use - and the webmaster has worked very hard on his research. I always enjoy visiting the site.
Geoff has stopped taking his anti-pun medication again.
Ahh, the classic "what if" about the Merlins :clapping: I love those. The P-38 and Whirlwinds would probably have been classics (though whether the...
Memoirs are a tricky business. I think anyone who relies on them as the sole sources of information are always going to be disappointed. But as a...
Oh Spidge, that was the worst pun I've heard in years!! :laugh:
One of the favourite searches on Google Earth was the swastika shaped building. But, sadly, not for long :cry_smile: The Navy plans to spend...
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