September 25, 2012 at 1:45 am
The Luftwaffe of course named its aircraft variants Doras, Emils, Gustavs, etc. Was this because those words were the Dog, Easy and George of a German phonetic alphabet, or were they nicknames solely used for aircraft variants?
By: D1566 - 25th September 2012 at 10:08
…. and ze French types again:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-pan
By: D1566 - 25th September 2012 at 10:08
…. and ze French types again:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-pan
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th September 2012 at 09:29
An interesting story, Simon.
I have photos of Mockford’s grave and other related stuff somewhere – having chanced upon the stone as you have done. Always thought it was a story worth the telling, and now you have!
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th September 2012 at 09:29
An interesting story, Simon.
I have photos of Mockford’s grave and other related stuff somewhere – having chanced upon the stone as you have done. Always thought it was a story worth the telling, and now you have!
By: SimonSpitfire - 25th September 2012 at 08:44
MayDay
Talking of phonetic alphabets I thought this may be of interest?
By: SimonSpitfire - 25th September 2012 at 08:44
MayDay
Talking of phonetic alphabets I thought this may be of interest?
By: Stepwilk - 25th September 2012 at 03:29
Well, I guess they thought some of the words we chose were pretty silly as well.
Thank you for the quick and incisive answer to my question. It’s amazing how many arcane things I do successful searches for every day, and then it never occurs to me to do a simple one in this case.
By: Stepwilk - 25th September 2012 at 03:29
Well, I guess they thought some of the words we chose were pretty silly as well.
Thank you for the quick and incisive answer to my question. It’s amazing how many arcane things I do successful searches for every day, and then it never occurs to me to do a simple one in this case.
By: D1566 - 25th September 2012 at 03:23
A quick google found this:
http://www.feldgrau.com/alphabet.html
By: D1566 - 25th September 2012 at 03:23
A quick google found this:
http://www.feldgrau.com/alphabet.html