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Old 30th Sep 2016, 10:40
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Originally Posted by John Eacott
Now, when did "airscrew" become "propellor"?
I may be wrong, but didn't that have something to do with RAF ME in WW2 sending an urgent request for 100 airscrews for Wellingtons being misinterpreted as requiring 100 aircrews? The crews were urgently deployed, the propellers not so..
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