Originally Posted by
Prangster
Hi Genghis you might like to look up the story of Jack Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk who had a short but interesting war. Amongst other things he ran a wholly civilian UXB group paying particular attention to new fuse types. His last words were 'bugger there's a third f,,,,,,,,,,'
Prior to his sad demise he smuggled 27 French nuclear scientists and their research archive along with 86kg of heavy
I just did. Not particularly relevant, I think, to my query - but what a fascinating man. Thanks for that.
G