WWI Digest 2085 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Whom? by "Peter Leonard" 2) Re: Whom? by CTJDavies@aol.com 3) unpleased to meet you by "dfernet0" 4) Re: Whom? by Zulis@aol.com 5) Re: unpleased to meet you by "Matthew Bittner" 6) Re: unpleased to meet you by Zulis@aol.com 7) Re: Whom? by "Matthew Bittner" 8) Happy New Year to you! by webmail@ms49.url.com.tw 9) Hanriot Hd. 1 by Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= 10) Outdated kits by Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= 11) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "Len Smith" 12) Re: Happy New Year to you! by CTJDavies@aol.com 13) RE: unpleased to meet you by "dfernet0" 14) Outdated Kits by "Roger L. Belanger" 15) Finished Models by "Roger L. Belanger" 16) RE: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "John Glaser" 17) Re: VAMP 1/48 Fokker DII by "Nigel Rayner" 18) Re: VAMP 1/48 Fokker DII by "Matthew Bittner" 19) Re: Whom? by Robert M Farrar III 20) RE: Whom? by a1b73869@telus.net 21) Re: Flashback Berg by "Nigel Rayner" 22) Re: Whom? by Robert M Farrar III 23) Re: "Outdated" kits on the ceiling.... by "Michael S. Alvarado" 24) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "Michael S. Alvarado" 25) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "A Bridgeman-Sutton" 26) RE: "Outdated" kits by Shane Weier 27) RE: lewis machine gun by Shane Weier 28) French 75 in US service painting question by " " 29) RE: Whom? by Shane Weier 30) Re: Whom? by "David C. Fletcher" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:39:57 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <20000111173957.3924.qmail@hotmail.com> Biggles, Snoopy, and Ursula Andress ;) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:43:08 EST From: CTJDavies@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <7b.7b746057.25acc5ac@aol.com> in this order: Cecil Lewis Oswald Bölcke (look!!! an Umlaut!!!) Arthur Gould Lee (mainly for what he did between the wars) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:40:10 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: "WW1 modeling Mail List" Subject: unpleased to meet you Message-ID: <002b01bf5c5a$e89d53e0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> A twist from the preceding thread: To wich 3 airmen from ww1 you'd really hate to meet? I'd really would pass from Göring, Fonck and Bert Hall. Reasons abound. D. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:47:01 EST From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: << Given the entirely hypothetical opportunity to meet 3 WWI aviators, Whom would you choose? Why? >> Great question.... A whole bunch come to mind solely for the purpose of clearing up some single, tormenting question (Voss - "... actually, it was plaid. A little-known quality of ortho film is it hides plaid....") but few of them would make for a good chat once the big question has been answered. So...... 1) Mannock. With what we have learned about the human psyche, it would be very interesting to look at him again and explore this very complex individual. 2) Berthold. A personal favorite of mine - he saw a lot of action, and was clearly deeply driven (consider the injuries and he still kept flying). His death has some unanswered questions, and I would like to know more about a man so dedicated in what he must have known was a lost cause long before the end. 3) Any aviator who flew actively in the Baltic in 1919, though there are a few I would like to meet in particular. This is a list off the top of my head. Revisions may follow.... Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 23:47:12 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: unpleased to meet you Message-ID: <200001111752.MAA08993@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:48:55 -0500 (EST), dfernet0 wrote: > A twist from the preceding thread: To wich 3 airmen from ww1 you'd really > hate to meet? > I'd really would pass from G”ring, Fonck and Bert Hall. Reasons abound. Talk about hitting the proverbial nail on the head! Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:53:45 EST From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: unpleased to meet you Message-ID: <6.6e8260b.25acc829@aol.com> Diego writes.... << I'd really would pass from Göring, Fonck and Bert Hall. Reasons abound. >> Oh yes, spare me from Fonck. However, knowing what we know about what was to come, Goring would be quite interesting. Please dont confuse being interested in some personality with liking them - he was/became someone totally despicable.... but to see the pre-nazi Goring would be fascinating and more than a little creepy. As for Hall, it would be nice to clear up some of the bs. Then again, if he lied about everything back then, why would I think he would be truthful now? I agree.... pass on Hall. Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 23:54:33 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <200001111758.MAA09126@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:53:17 -0500 (EST), Zulis@aol.com wrote: > A whole bunch come to mind solely for the purpose of clearing up some single, > tormenting question (Voss - "... actually, it was plaid. A little-known > quality of ortho film is it hides plaid....") but few of them would make for > a good chat once the big question has been answered. ROTFL!!! That's good! Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: ¬P´Á¤T, 12 ¤@¤ë 2000 01:38:12 From: webmail@ms49.url.com.tw To: Subject: Happy New Year to you! Message-ID: <200001111756.BAA07707@m2.is.net.tw> Hi! 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Looking at contemporary pictures, it seems some of the machines flown by Italian pilots had a cutaway in their engine bulkhead, very similar to those of the Sopwith Pup and Camel. However, Jim Kiger's drawings (see WW1 Aero n. 106) do not show that and the same goes for the original Macchi drawings I could get (see, for example, WW1 Aero n. 106, page 30). The Hd.1 currently preserved by the Aeronautica Militare Italiana at Vigna di Valle has that cutaway. I know some of the Italian Hanriots were powered by the 120hp Le Rhone instead of the 110 hp version: is it possible that they were the machines with that cutaway? I am going to build Silvio Scaroni's H.d.7157 and the picture which was published on the inside rear cover of the first printing of Datafile n. 12 seems to suggest that machine did not have any cutaway. Anyone able to solve the mistery ? Thanks in advance ! Alberto Casirati. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:59:44 -0100 From: Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Outdated kits Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000111185944.0079f460@spm.it> I must confess I like old kits. I simply love to rework them, adding as much details as my spare time allows and trying to bring them to modern standards. This is one of my favourite ways to enjoy WW1 aircraft modelling. Through the years, I have found that this sort of modelling helps you getting better scaled down replicas, as it often suggests you to completely replace parts with scratchbuilt items. Of course, I also like good modern kits but I must confess I prefer working on older kits and on vacs. Moreover, I feel several modern kits do need reworking (for example, look at the wings of the Flashback Voisin or of the Eduard Hd.1: ribbing is terrible!). It is just a question of personal tastes, I suppose. All the best to all of you. Alberto Casirati. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 16:42:47 -0000 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <000401bf5c5e$1b3b1000$46887ed4@mesh> Greetings, Not being a student of Phonetics I have been watching this thread with only a mild interest, until I noticed the spelling of Whiskey. Is this correct? At the back of my failing memory seems to be the thought that Whisky is the correct Scottish (Scotch?) spelling and that Whiskey is the spelling of the inferior Irish and possibly American versions of the true drink. Perhaps some enlightened drinking listee could advise? Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:02:22 EST From: CTJDavies@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Happy New Year to you! Message-ID: <51.5116c975.25acca2e@aol.com> Ok, come on now - who was it ??? 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Sincerely, Fantasy Casino http://www.fantasy-casino.net >> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:59:37 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: unpleased to meet you Message-ID: <004f01bf5c5d$a0442e40$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Dave Z wrote: >but to see the pre-nazi Goring would be fascinating > and more than a little creepy. Just to think about him in that picture at Metz, with the immaculate white tunic and the long cigarrette holder, posing as a cheap snob aristocrat, makes me feel like punching him on the nose! And when he put a heavy leather helmet and goggles to a poor dog? GRRRRRR! IDIOT! D. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:25:12 -0500 From: "Roger L. Belanger" To: "WW1 Modeling List" Subject: Outdated Kits Message-ID: <000201bf5c5f$58184fa0$c7c34f0c@rogerbel> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BF5C26.866A76A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Why not build the older kits and make needed parts or redo fuselages = that are not the way they should be........Roger B ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BF5C26.866A76A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Why not build the older kits and make needed parts = or redo=20 fuselages that are not the way they should be........Roger=20 B
------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BF5C26.866A76A0-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:29:16 -0500 From: "Roger L. Belanger" To: "WW1 Modeling List" Subject: Finished Models Message-ID: <000301bf5c5f$5e92f100$c7c34f0c@rogerbel> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01BF5C27.17DE7C80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I plan to make a mobile that will resemble a disorganized dog fight and = as it turns it will sometimes look a little organized, has anyone else = don that???..Roger B ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01BF5C27.17DE7C80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I plan to make a mobile that will resemble a = disorganized dog=20 fight and as it turns it will sometimes look a little organized, has = anyone else=20 don that???..Roger B
------=_NextPart_000_002A_01BF5C27.17DE7C80-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:04:23 -0600 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <000901bf5c66$ad15a640$8d00000a@johnghome> Either spelling gave me a headache and made me sick. That's why I quit. Can't dance either! - JG (the protypical Southern Baptist) :-) -----Original Message----- From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of Len Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 12:06 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Greetings, Not being a student of Phonetics I have been watching this thread with only a mild interest, until I noticed the spelling of Whiskey. Is this correct? At the back of my failing memory seems to be the thought that Whisky is the correct Scottish (Scotch?) spelling and that Whiskey is the spelling of the inferior Irish and possibly American versions of the true drink. Perhaps some enlightened drinking listee could advise? Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:14:41 -0000 From: "Nigel Rayner" To: Subject: Re: VAMP 1/48 Fokker DII Message-ID: <000a01bf5c68$1d6b7900$66d2883e@nigelr> "Legs" Pearsron wrote >Hmm, both the Gavia Fokker D.II and Flashback Aviatik D.I series 138 will be >reviewed in the next Internet Modeler ..... you guys are a great publicity >department. .. No problem Bob. Just send the usual amount, used bills please....:-) Seriously though, a word of praise for IM and all who sail in her. It is an excellent webzine and goes from strength to strength. I like the reasonably high OT content as well. One comment - in the DVII coversion articles, Hustad made some off-hand comment that we wouldn't be interested how he finished/weathered the model. As if heck! Could you get him to do something on his general techniques - this would be fantastic. Regards, Nigel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:27:39 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: VAMP 1/48 Fokker DII Message-ID: <200001111934.OAA09760@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:20:15 -0500 (EST), Nigel Rayner wrote: > Seriously though, a word of praise for IM and all who sail in her. It is an > excellent webzine and goes from strength to strength. I like the reasonably > high OT content as well. One comment - in the DVII coversion articles, > Hustad made some off-hand comment that we wouldn't be interested how he > finished/weathered the model. As if heck! Could you get him to do something > on his general techniques - this would be fantastic. I shall ask. Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:32:48 -0600 From: Robert M Farrar III To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <387B855F.AC0E2092@airmail.net> And all this time I thought her last name was UNDRESS! Imagine my surprise :-) Peter Leonard wrote: > Biggles, Snoopy, and Ursula Andress ;) > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:53:02 PST From: a1b73869@telus.net To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: RE: Whom? Message-ID: <387b8a1e.6f74.0@telus.net> My turn; Hawker -- Very underestimated inovator and all around nice guy, a good counterpoint to Boelcke Bishop -- Curious to find out what was bs and what was truth. (Might need a lie detector) Boelcke -- Many others get the credit this guy really deserves for being the original visionary. Ray ================================================================= Internet service provided by telus.net http://www.telus.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:58:43 -0000 From: "Nigel Rayner" To: Subject: Re: Flashback Berg Message-ID: <001401bf5c6e$448ccf60$ba08883e@nigelr> Hi all, Various people have commented on this kit. I just finished it, and had a few probs with the struts. I fixed the cabanes first, and dry fitting seemed to imply the longer struts went at the front, shorter to the rear. However, when I actually tried fixing the interplane struts, the whole thing came apart and to get it to fit, I ended up cutting off the front legs of the cabanes and scratching them and scratching one of the struts as well. Two lessons here: 1. I'm a klutz 2. Probably a bit like Toko there are fit problems, so be prepared for some work to make it right. I undercoated in dark grey, and to me the lozenge doesn't look too bad. Some of the photos of lozenge painted 115 series birds seem to show far stronger contrast between the colours than the somewhat "washed out" painting on the front cover, so I don't feel the colours are too bright. Compare the photos 2, 13 and 15 in the Datafile if you have it - very differing levels of contrast. Trick of the light? Ortho film? Who knows - I don't. As to whether they're the correct colours, I have no idea, so I applied Dicta Ira. A striking looking model has resulted, and one which my non-expert friends and family thinks looks amazing. But I won't be building another! Cheers, Nigel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:00:52 -0600 From: Robert M Farrar III To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <387B8BF4.A1B46083@airmail.net> Well my favorite is Eddie Rickenbacker so he's first (read EVR; his autobiography). He was definitely a pioneer in quite a few ways, highly intelligent and practical. 2nd. Gerd von Rabe the observer...did I get the name correct here? I have read a bit of his wtiting; one heck of a guy! Nice to learn of the 2-seater's experinces. 3rd. Any crewmember from the bombing groups of either side! Because those old bombers were so funky! Don't know much of the crews' experiences Bob smperry@mindspring.com wrote: > Given the entirely hypothetical opportunity to meet 3 WWI aviators, Whom > would you choose? Why? > > I'd like to meet Luke, Lufbery & Willie Gabriel. > > Luke because anyone that could give Management such a hard time, all they > could think to do was give him the Medal of Honor and name an airbase after > him, would have to be someone I'd like. > > Lufbery, because he could curse fluently in 7 languages (I thought that most > cool at age 13). > > And Gabriel because anyone who irritated HG that much would have to be a > likeable guy. > > What about y'all? > sp > E-mail smperry@mindspring.com > Web Site http://smperry.home.mindspring.com/PWWIP.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:22:16 -0500 From: "Michael S. Alvarado" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits on the ceiling.... Message-ID: <387B90F8.EA8F2BD7@bellatlantic.net> When I was a kid I had my entire very eclectic collection of models hung from an interconnected network of strings stretched across my basement ceiling. Unfortunately, as more models were hung, the lower the lines sagged until one day my mother walked into the wing tip of a B-17 poking her in the eye. Her reflex action in batting the offending kamikaze away reulted in the entire network becoming detached from the ceiling and crashing onto the concrete floor. I looked like Hickam Field on Dec. 8, 1941. Lesson learned - gravity. I have never hung my models in the house since. Some are hanging from the ceiling of the local hobby shop I haunt. Alvie cameron rile wrote: > >Anyone else have their aircraft on the ceiling?< > > When I was between the ages of 6 and 15 I must have had between 50 and 80 > hanging from my bedroom ceiling. The largest a 1:32 B17, the smallest a 1:72 Morane > monoplane with the Russian skull on its tail and rigged in cotton. When I moved out > mum sold the lot to a local kid for $2. Mum said it made that kids day. > > I had a pretty good collection, it didnt discriminate between era's and I would regularly > rip them down and repaint them in new colours. My mispent youth was spent standing > on a chair either thumbtacking stuff to the ceiling or ripping it down. > > cam > > ______________________________________________________________ > Get Your Free E-mail and Homepage at http://www.prontomail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:27:39 -0500 From: "Michael S. Alvarado" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <387B923B.C5AEE634@bellatlantic.net> Come to think of it, being an NFO (Non-Functional Object to airplane drivers) I first learned about the falcon codes from the VP people. Alvie "David C. Fletcher" wrote: > "Michael S. Alvarado" wrote: > > "Those of us of the naval boat drivers persuasion are also familiar with > the infamous "falcon" codes as well." > > Not just boat drivers, we VP people used them extensively, especially > when we were talking to "targets". To bring this closer to "OT", I also > had to send Aldis at eight words per minute during operational training > in 1963. That harks back to Felixstowes... > > Dave Fletcher > Comox Valley Wing > VP International > -- > Visit us at our Home Page: > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 20:40:32 -0000 From: "A Bridgeman-Sutton" To: Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <064501bf5c78$dc47ff00$1525fad4@pc0973> > At the back of my failing memory seems to be the thought that Whisky is the > correct Scottish (Scotch?) spelling and that Whiskey is the spelling of the > inferior Irish and possibly American versions of the true drink. Perhaps > some enlightened drinking listee could advise? > > Regards Len. > Research in the appropriate cabinet undertaken as requested... and yesh thashcorrect..tashtesh different too. Aidrian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:31:35 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1BC8@mimhexch.mim.com.au> > "What do you do with those "older" kits that are now obsolete > because of the latest kit to come out?" My twin daughters are about to start on a pair of Hawk/Testors Nie-17 's I have no idea how I got to have so many of them. Perhaps sneaky Matt is responsible, because I can't imagine I *ever* thought I'd build six more Nie-17s ! I dare say that other older kits will become fodder to the girls and my son. Shane ************************************************************** The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this E-Mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:34:04 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: lewis machine gun Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1BC9@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Diego > left me wondering > why all those guys carried the water containers. > But there is another possibility: Indeed. Schnapps Shane ************************************************************** The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this E-Mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:39:38 -0800 From: " " To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: French 75 in US service painting question Message-ID: Hi all: Could anyone give me a hint on the paint scheme for the French 75 field piece as used by the AEF? I need to know just about everything, including seemingly self-evident things such as the color of the carriage, wheels, etc. This is the first artillery piece I've painted. Any tips on how to make this small-scale gun (20mm, 1/76) look good would be greatly appreciated too. Thanks Dan --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:44:42 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Whom? Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1BCA@mimhexch.mim.com.au> > Whom > would you choose? Why? > Easy. Any three random arrivals at an RFC unit in April 1917 I'm not much interested in aces. Their stories are *extraordinary* and by definition speak little of the war experience of the other 99% of humans who fought and frequently died in that war. I want to know what is was like for *most* of the combatants. Shane ************************************************************** The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this E-Mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:07:17 -0800 From: "David C. Fletcher" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <387BA995.83D42A7C@mars.ark.com> No contest - it is Raymond Collishaw. An ace on Black Flight, leader of the contingent in Russia and the first to bomb the Italians in North Africa in WWII (using a Vickers Valentia and several boxes of hand grenades). He also had sufficient smarts to rise to the rank of Air Commodore. Besides, he was from Nanaimo, just down the road from here. Dave Fletcher -- Visit us at our Home Page: ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2085 **********************