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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Jan 2019, 00:24

Replies: 97

Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

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Posted By PAXboy

Last Friday I was talking to a, now, elderly...

Last Friday I was talking to a, now, elderly woman who was a child in the East End during the war. She spoke about the morning they emerged from the shelter and found that more than half their school...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Jan 2019, 18:15

Replies: 97

Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

Views: 28,783

Posted By PAXboy

Wow!! Thanks Discord, that is a fascinating piece...

Wow!! Thanks Discord, that is a fascinating piece of information.

As we know, the agressor usually has the upper hand and it can take a long time to overreach them - as we see in each new battle...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

7th Jan 2019, 14:24

Replies: 97

Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

Views: 28,783

Posted By PAXboy

To draw back from the specifics of this war: We...

To draw back from the specifics of this war: We must bear in mind that this is what human beings (us) do and have always done. As technology has changed, so we have used it to wage nastier war. Human...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Jan 2019, 23:10

Replies: 97

Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

Views: 28,783

Posted By PAXboy

My father was in Nightfighters for 4.5 years....

My father was in Nightfighters for 4.5 years. Starting in Bostons, then Beaufighters with the earliest airborne radar and then Mosquitos. He and his pilot worshipped Harris to their last breath but...

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