Damn those pesky land submarines
Fact of the Day: During WW2 the Mosquito fighter jet was not only the fasted and bestest bomber but it was also used to protect allied supply convoys from attack by enemy land submarines. #History #aviation #AvGeek
Photographed from a Canberrapic.twitter.com/8CoRvBYnu0
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He firing a hedgehog
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Apparently, mosquitoes don’t like lightning.
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Isn’t that the same Mosquito fighter jet flown by Sqd.Ldr. Joseph ‘Frankie Sinatra’ Ryan?
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I believe at the start of his travel programme about northern Italian railways.
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Fascinating! I’m learning so much from this account.
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The only problem was it was made of balsa wood that was held together with nuns saliva... this made it so light that they had to be tethered to stop them floating away... a major oversight by the designers.
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I'm sure the nuns saliva factory was featured on the war factories programme last week. They said the saliva had to be kept at -72deg while being transported to the mossie factory.
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Hah, that one is masquerading as a Normandy hedgerow.
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Trainee Flying officer John Mcswiney unfortuanetly failed his final exam due to hitting the kerb when conducting his parrellel parking maneveur.
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