Fear of death or injury

[Cormanus]

My late father was flying reconnaissance in a Mustang when he was shot down. Waste of a plane. He spent the rest of the war in a POW camp.

Very good thread this, centered on risk taking. For those with an interest in WWII aircraft and the Spitfire especially, a link to a short film about US reconnaissance pilots who flew the iconic plane.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY

My apologies for getting off topic a bit.

Very good thread this, centered on risk taking. For those with an interest in WWII aircraft and the Spitfire especially, a link to a short film about US reconnaissance pilots who flew the iconic plane.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY

My apologies for getting off topic a bit.
Thanks for that, Redbirds. Fascinating. So the US pilots were flying Spitfires while my father, a Pommie, was flying a Mustang for photo reconnaissance.

Why the dickens did you bring that up?

How could he possibly have guessed, or is this "wrapping in jeweller's cotton" part of some never ending historical slide? What a horrible thought.

Warning: this post may contain the hint of a pun.

I hope you googled that up. If not, then not only are you a gentleman, you are also a scholar. And that's scary.

Quote:part of some never ending historical slide?. I am afraid so.

Cheers

I hope you googled that up. If not, then not only are you a gentleman, you are also a scholar. And that's scary.

Quote:part of some never ending historical slide?. I am afraid so.

Cheers
Pterodactyl, I'm afraid I googled it, but I have read Bleak House a very long time ago. The Tasmanian author, Richard Flanagan, has written a curious novel about Dickens and other things. It's called Wanting.