Not-so-woke Reds
Major Major Major
Does nobody read Catch 22 these days?
You must forgive me for thinking it was some kind of bizarre joke that Marshal Marshall was mentioned in the press as a candidate for the soon-to-be-vacant post of CAS. Just saying….
You must forgive me for thinking it was some kind of bizarre joke that Marshal Marshall was mentioned in the press as a candidate for the soon-to-be-vacant post of CAS. Just saying….
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Her parents missed the chance in not naming her Marsha. Major Major was named by his father who had a sense of humour of course and was promoted to Major thanks to the Washington computer, showing it also had a sense of humour. Is she perhaps only in when she is out?
He wasn't. He was also my primary QFI during my JP course at RAFC in 1973-4.
Really nice chap, IIRC he left the RAF for an airline career.
Really nice chap, IIRC he left the RAF for an airline career.
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If he had an older brother, at school he could have been Major Minor...
Catch 22 doesn't do it justice as it's her married name, taken from the other 'Marshal Marshall'. At one stage he was AOC 1 Group when she became AOC 2 Group.
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What would happen if the Marshal had order Marshal to Marshal Marshal's forces?
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This is all largely irrelevant to the topic, of course. But Wiki says she is CBE, and he’s only OBE.
Now, with that light diversion out of the way, should we not revert to the matter in hand?
Now, with that light diversion out of the way, should we not revert to the matter in hand?
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Wanklyn ... There's a name to respect ...
Lt Cdr Malcolm David Wanklyn RN - VC, DSO and two Bars
HMS Upholder, Missing on their 28th Patrol, Mediterranean, April 1942
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wanklyn
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The SAC Wanklyn I worked with ...
Lt Cdr Malcolm David Wanklyn RN - VC, DSO and two Bars
HMS Upholder, Missing on their 28th Patrol, Mediterranean, April 1942
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wanklyn
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I give up . play with yourselves.
MPN…. Right!
SAC Wanklyn and whom?
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SAC Wanklyn and whom?
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Back on the subject
I apologise for dragging the thread off piste with the Catch 22 thing, but in my defence I am constantly amazed by reports in the press of the inept and insensitive statements made by senior RAF Officers about the Reds and their catalogue of appalling behaviour.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11471075/RAF-sparks-fury-labelling-allegations-whistle-blower-sex-abuse-scandal-false.html
Whoever it was that rubbished the claims made by one of the whistleblowers and described them as false and defamatory will presumably soon be getting a close-up view of the underside of the Number 300 bus. It does still stop outside HQSTC doesn’t it? Or maybe it will be one of the frequent buses that run past Main Building.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11471075/RAF-sparks-fury-labelling-allegations-whistle-blower-sex-abuse-scandal-false.html
Whoever it was that rubbished the claims made by one of the whistleblowers and described them as false and defamatory will presumably soon be getting a close-up view of the underside of the Number 300 bus. It does still stop outside HQSTC doesn’t it? Or maybe it will be one of the frequent buses that run past Main Building.
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