Huskinson was President of the Air Armament Board, which did the development work on bombs etc (including Tallboy and Grand Slam) : P Huskinson_P
One example of a German/Axis sled (posted by VP on another forum so he may have more details)
There is a picture of them being towed: Chapter 12: Rome and "The Forgotten Front" and their 'success' and Anzio: Slide 34 of 57
Thatcher said that in 1969. The full quote is "No woman in my time will be Prime Minister or Chancellor or Foreign Secretary—not the top jobs....
There are a number of pictures here but no explanation: 1 Older USCG Cutters/Craft
I can find plenty of info on the Northland but not on the 'boxes'. But here's a clearer view from 1944
RE: Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Harold Sorrell (1395539) who died 16 May 1945 DaveW and Resmoroh on rafcommands have come up trumps: "(Avro) Anson...
Sorrell is proving to be tricky. He's not in the Bomber Command Losses (unless he succumbed to wounds from a much earlier incident), or in Fighter...
RE: Flying Officer Richard Harding Stent (124662) of RAFVR 38 Squadron who died 16 February 1943 and who is shown on the Alamein Memorial. There...
RE: Sergeant (Pilot) James Body (658465) of 78 Squadron who died 13 May 1943 and who is buried in Haasrode Churchyard. From Chorley's Bomber...
Two very good online resources are: RAF Commands 1939 - 1945 Site Map_P and books: RAF Squadrons: A Comprehensive Record of the Movement and...
Details of 311 Squadron: Czechoslovak airmen in the RAF 1940-45 And CWGC entries for the 21 (plus 9 others buried there): CWGC :: Cemetery Reports
Ahh go on Za, I dare you. Maybe we could get them to re-enact Stalingrad :-) On the issue of similarities between cultural representations of...
Sorry Slonik, I'm going to go off on a slight tangent here. Za, have you ever read Susan Sontag's comments on collecting German (specifically SS)...
"Effective?" How does one measure effectiveness? There's a difference between the intended recipients and the retrospective analysis of the medium...
There seems to different conversations going on here: 1) the presentation of political and military leaders as toys and memorabilia 2) the...
With the number of US men who were circumcised being less then 30% during the war this may have been a possibility but highly unlikely....
The RBD Kassel is a railways patch. RBD stands for Reichsbahndirektion (National Railways Directorate), of whick Kassel was one of the 25 or 30...
In the first instance it maybe worthwhile contacting them by email or telephone telling them of the circumstances and whether they think a search...
Hi Joanne you can still ask for a check to be made to see if a Service Record is available. With the information that you have, and proof that...
