(Nermal just smiles and awaits an explosion of rightious indignation from the Maine man…;))

Mad Max was after a nuclear war in a wide open, barren landscape.

Eh? Maybe the last ones were, but the original Mad Max was set in a time when there was still law and order (of a sort) and scumbags and vermin roamed the land. Not so very different I suppose, except it was set in Australia…;) – Nermal

There are two Blenheims

1 Yellow one being rebuilt for Airspace
2 The Flier being rebuilt to fly.

Other than that I have no info

There is one Blenheim, in Finland. There are bits and pieces and wreckage, but all the other substantially complete or preserved ‘Blenhiem’ airframes are Canadian-built Bolingbrokes. – Nermal

I think I’m right in saying that the 6 or 7 you single out as being on a perpetual crusade, also make a large contribution to the Historic Aviation content on this forum.

Are they expected to sit in silence because of the actions of the minority, who in general contribute very little Historic content.

Are a minority (you and your right-minded associates) expected to ignore the minority (obviously the wrong-minded with whom you disagree)? – Nermal

On the island of Okinawa there were mass suicides of military and civilians alike, but there were also suicide bombers (the first?) who wandered into or waited for groups of American soldiers and then set off grenades. I believe there were similar incidents on other Japanese islands as they were captured. The interesting thing here is that they were mainly women and children. Had the invasion of Japan gone ahead there would possibly have been thousands of similar incidents taking place until the allied military could not trust any form of civilian – adult or kiddy – unless they were naked and obviously unarmed.
I also believe that orders had gone out from certain members of the high command to eliminate proof of potential Japanese warcrimes – although this could have been going on from early 1945 though, when it became obvious to all which way the war was going. A former prisoner of war (now sadly deceased, I believe) under the Japanese told me (or my reporter) that he found out that his camps British officiers ate better than their opposite numbers because the Japanese camp commander was afraid that when the tables were turned he would be held to account for the letters in his office ordering him to kill his prisoners – something totally against his warrior code. He did not know whether that camp commander was charged with war crimes after the surrender. Had the atomic bomb not been used maybe the fanatics would have enforced their orders and the prisoners would have been killed? Who knows. – Nermal

Is it going to be free booze and nibbles? – Nermal

50 years ago…it would have been the tenth anniversary.;) – Nermal

QUESTION- Do any of you get Fly Past

You might find a few subscribers hanging around here occasionally…;)
Welcome. – Nermal