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Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2017, 14:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Slight thread drift but interestingly, the...

Slight thread drift but interestingly, the previous London Gazette page shows the citations for the awards to W/Cdr Squire, S/Ldr Pook and others for their bravery during the campaign to recover the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2017, 16:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Gaining an RAF Pilot's Brevet

As the thread has been quiet for a few days, could I take the opportunity to recommend a book which I have just finished which, apart from the 'in WW II' bit, captures the spirit of the thread...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2017, 13:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

P le C ...

P le C

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Le_Cheminant

He also wrote a most interesting memoir of his time in the RAF:- The Royal Air Force: A Personal Experience Ian Allan Publishing, 2001.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Sep 2017, 18:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

JW411 You're right of course. My memory let...

JW411

You're right of course. My memory let me down; post amended.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Sep 2017, 16:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

W/Cdr Adrian Warburton. His story is told in...

W/Cdr Adrian Warburton. His story is told in 'Warburton's War' by Tony Spooner.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2017, 16:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

And what's a complete crew doing strolling...

And what's a complete crew doing strolling nonchalantly along underneath the running engines of an unchocked aircraft? Is there anyone in the cockpit?

What some people had to do in the name of PR!
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2017, 13:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Was this Sqn Ldr Jack Wales? My mother knew his...

Was this Sqn Ldr Jack Wales? My mother knew his wife and through her, him. I remember my mother being very upset when Mrs Wales came round to give the bad news (we didn't have a phone in those days)
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2017, 11:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

I believe that many of the new graduates/graduate...

I believe that many of the new graduates/graduate trainees taken on by the BBC have degrees from Oxford or Cambridge. And therein lies the problem, with many educated beyond their intelligence.

A...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2017, 18:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

John Pudney was quite prolific; he also wrote 'A...

John Pudney was quite prolific; he also wrote 'A Pride of Unicorns', the biography of the Atcherley brothers, which I am currently reading and enjoying.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2016, 12:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Would this instructor be Terry Peet, whose story...

Would this instructor be Terry Peet, whose story is comprehensively told in 'Renegade Hero'? (Pen & Sword ISBN 9781848845305)
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2016, 17:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Haven't read any of John Masters' fiction but I...

Haven't read any of John Masters' fiction but I have read (and strongly recommend) his two volumes of autobiography Bugles and a Tiger and The Road Past Mandalay. Gripping accounts of his military...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2016, 11:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

O C Chave

15 Squadron Stirling I BF448 LS-T Fl/Lt. Chave (http://www.aircrewremembered.com/chave-owen.html)

Fl/Lt O C Chave also gets a mention in in Denis Peto-Shepherd's book 'The Devil Take The Hindmost'...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2015, 21:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

As a long-time lurker on this thread I wonder if...

As a long-time lurker on this thread I wonder if I could be permitted to recommend a book that I have recently read and enjoyed and which certainly falls under the thread title.

The book is A...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2015, 11:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Pool petrol aka pond petrol (due to its poor...

Pool petrol aka pond petrol (due to its poor quality, I believe).
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2015, 18:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

Don't know about an Australian tail gunner but...

Don't know about an Australian tail gunner but F/Sgt Nicholas Alkemade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade) was a British RAF rear gunner who in 1944 survived a fall from 18000 ft...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2014, 12:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,845,350
Posted By olympus

According to Wikipedia "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"*...

According to Wikipedia "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"* is "Lord Bless Africa" in the Xhosa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_language) language so presumably Nkosi means 'Lord'?

*and also the national...
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