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'Buzzsaw of Hogtown' > near Melton Mowbray > 'known for a culinary speciality, the Melton Mowbray pork pie' [wikipedia]? Which would join dot-to-dot ... wrongly. RCAF no. 426 Squadron was based further north — at Dishforth and Driffield. The records on line and the EQ identifier suggest LL675...

Indeed. See here: https://www.ww2-weapons.com/bombing-accuracy/

Essential reading: Richard Overy: The Bombing War (2013) — not least because of the 160 pages of bibliography and citations. Absenteeism at the Cologne Ford factory gets a passing mention on pp 462-3 James Holland: Big Week (2018)—specific to "Operation Argument" of February 1994, but a small...

Gavin Ewart (1916-95) served as an artillery officer. He was also responsible for this: When a Beau goes in, Into the drink, It makes you think, Because, you see, they always sink But nobody says "Poor lad" Or goes about looking sad Because, you see, it's war, It's the unalterable law...

Many years ago, BBC Radio 3 (that's the 'cultural' one) did a whole week on music and things French. Then came the half-hour (or whatever) on great French engineering. This produced the cruncher: 'Ow can I be taken seriously as an engineer, when I confess I come from the country which produces...