IIRC That station commander was Wing Commander Victor Beamish who was assigned to RAF North Weald on 7th June 1940, I'm certain I read it in and RAF pilot's autobiography a few years ago.
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On occasion in the Battle of Britain RAF and German fighter pilots were on the same HF radio frequency and could talk to each other if they so desired.
Also on one day in the BoB all available RAF fighters were committed, and a WWI RAF fighter pilot, a Station Commander, was told there was a raid coming to attack his airfield and there was nothing to stop it. He jumped in his Mk1 Hurricane and headed for the German force. As it turned out, the German He-111 force, after getting thier arses shot off day after day, failed to rendezvous with its fighter escorts (unlike the RAF, the German fighters were never able to talk to their bombers) and were flying along fearfully, just knowing they were going to get clobbered big time. When the lone Hurricane attacked them, they said, "We knew it! The RAF fighters are here!", jettisoned their bombs and ran for home.
Blimps were, reportedly, quite effective ASW platforms. Sometimes, I think LTA were prematurely removed from service, although they were, apparently, very expensive to operate, especially in that large numbers of people were needed for ground handling.
The Hiroshima man who survived the A-bomb blast only to travel to Nagasaki just in time for its A-bomb debut and managed to survive that also. Only known person to have been A-bombed twice and to have lived to tell the tale.It is late and I am bored, I will begin, feel free to post you own...
- Aggressively anti-communist German leader writes book in which he states his hatred for communism and declares his intention to colonize and, at the very least, displace if not get rid of the population of the nearby communist country... once he assumes power, he signs a non-aggression treaty with said neighbor and proceed to amicably divide eastern Europe like a cake among themselves.
All the hallmarks of an absurd what if... save for the fact that it happened.
Not trueAn auxiliary cruiser sank a faster, more heavily armed warship, whilst being sunk herself... Kormoran versus HMAS Sydney.
A big ocean going submarine was destroyed by a small minesweeper half the submarine's length and less than a third its displacement in a surface engagement... HMNZS Moa versus Japanese submarine I-1
That the future and serving British PM would have overseen both the disasters of Gallipoli and Singapore.
Yep. Starting in Sept 1939, Churchill's neglecting Malayan defence as First Sea Lord and PM and then sending constituting and sending an unbalanced Force Z against the advice of the Admiralty was demonstrative of his lack of preparation followed by knee jerk reaction. Churchill's worst act though must be the Bengal famine, killing millions and irreparably sending India towards independence.In one of the USNI's podcasts, an author stated that the RN's reaction to "Winnie's back!" wasn't cheers and glee but "oh, crap."
When I was 7(?), I read a DC comic with the severed tail section of a B-17, the tail gunner blasting away at the Luftwaffe as it descended, on the cover. Of course I acquired this important documentation of Army Air Force history. I haven't thought about it for decades. I'm very surprised it might have some basis in fact. Or they just thought it up without knowing it sorta kinda happened.How about a B-17 that was blown in two. The rear part (with the tail gunner in it) glided down from 20,000+ feet and landed in a field. The tail gunner walked out of it without a scratch.
When I was 7(?), I read a DC comic with the severed tail section of a B-17, the tail gunner blasting away at the Luftwaffe as it descended, on the cover. Of course I acquired this important documentation of Army Air Force history. I haven't thought about it for decades. I'm very surprised it might have some basis in fact. Or they just thought it up without knowing it sorta kinda happe
Utter nonsense, if "The Bengal famine" did anything it hastened the formation of Bangladesh as a separate nation to India, all discussion of "The Bengal famine" ignores the fact that the Japanese were just a few miles away, that India had the food and Churchill was in England. Many regions of India didn't and don't like each other as we can see today, but you can find some activist who will prove Churchill was responsible for that too.Churchill's worst act though must be the Bengal famine, killing millions and irreparably sending India towards independence.
Sorry, wrong post, should have been to Admiral Beez.The best kind of nonsense is "utter".
Any evidence of this anywhere?How about a B-17 that was blown in two. The rear part (with the tail gunner in it) glided down from 20,000+ feet and landed in a field. The tail gunner walked out of it without a scratch.
There are many such tales (see what I did there). Could beAny evidence of this anywhere?