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B-Man2
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Looks like they patterned it after a big bird .People flocking to see a captured German Taube monoplane, on display in the courtyard of Les Invalides, Paris, 1915 (one of the earliest but also one of the most beautiful aeroplanes)...
Smithy
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It was Burt. Gorgeous looking aeroplane.
Smithy
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I'll just chuck this out there and blow my own trumpet and say that this is without doubt the best thing posted in this thread.
And before we proceed, because it's needed for those WWII Johnnies who know nothing about WWI, here's a quick catch-up, Albert Ball was one of the greatest aces of the war.
With that said here's the actual recipe for the fruitcake that Albert's family used to send to him in France. He used to take a hunk of it up to munch on whilst on patrol (he even talks about this in his letters home).
If you're from the Commonwealth it's probably much like the fruitcake your granny used to bake (my gran's version is very similar) but for you chaps from countries without fruitcake, Smithy (and Albert) have come to the rescue.
Bloody awesome with a cuppa...
And before we proceed, because it's needed for those WWII Johnnies who know nothing about WWI, here's a quick catch-up, Albert Ball was one of the greatest aces of the war.
With that said here's the actual recipe for the fruitcake that Albert's family used to send to him in France. He used to take a hunk of it up to munch on whilst on patrol (he even talks about this in his letters home).
If you're from the Commonwealth it's probably much like the fruitcake your granny used to bake (my gran's version is very similar) but for you chaps from countries without fruitcake, Smithy (and Albert) have come to the rescue.
Bloody awesome with a cuppa...
Chandler
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You have to be deeply steeped in 1940s U.S. nostalgia to get the Duffy's Tavern reference.
"Hello, Duffy's Tavern!"
Duffy's Tavern - Wikipedia
FlakMagnet
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A pair of airworthy Albatross replicas from the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow I went to a few years ago
Lord Flashheart
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Thanks for sharing that Tim. Absolutely top notch little bit of history. Fruit cake has become far too complicated with ingredients these days and it's interesting it has a long cooking time. This thread always delivers and this post is no exception. It'll get a mention in my despatchesI'll just chuck this out there and blow my own trumpet and say that this is without doubt the best thing posted in this thread.
And before we proceed, because it's needed for those WWII Johnnies who know nothing about WWI, here's a quick catch-up, Albert Ball was one of the greatest aces of the war.
With that said here's the actual recipe for the fruitcake that Albert's family used to send to him in France. He used to take a hunk of it up to munch on whilst on patrol (he even talks about this in his letters home).
If you're from the Commonwealth it's probably much like the fruitcake your granny used to bake (my gran's version is very similar) but for you chaps from countries without fruitcake, Smithy (and Albert) have come to the rescue.
Bloody awesome with a cuppa...
Smithy
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Thanks for sharing that Tim. Absolutely top notch little bit of history. Fruit cake has become far too complicated with ingredients these days and it's interesting it has a long cooking time. This thread always delivers and this post is no exception. It'll get a mention in my despatches
I agree old bean, fruitcake was something we all grew up with (in the Commonwealth anyway) but at cafes, coffee shops and the like now, if you order it, it's often an over fiddlied around with mess with silly extra ingredients. I ordered a slab last time visiting at home at a cafe and it had bloody nuts in it, silly fruit like dried mango and some other bloody silly things, and didn't have the heft any decent fruitcake should have. Albert's family's fruitcake is pretty much the same as my grandmothers' versions on both sides of the family, weights and quantities aside, so just: flour; butter; eggs; sugar; and a load of dried fruit.
You can't beat good old-fashioned fruitcake, it's my favourite. Shitty weather, pot of tea, good book and a big slice of fruitcake, damn nice way to pass an afternoon
Pa12
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I can’t remember if the head rest hump was on the earlier or later models?Captain Duncan "GM" Grinell-Milne, CO of 56 Sqn sitting in his SE5a "Schweinhund". GM had the fuselage of this SE painted bright red and scored six victories in it after assuming command of the Squadron in October 1918.
Smithy
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That was on the earlier models, especially the SE5 and early Hisso powered 5as. Late SE5as (so 1918 production) pretty much didn't bother with it. It was also often removed in theatre from late 1917.
FlakMagnet
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Pa12
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Major pucker factor.
Spitfireace
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Leave us not dilly dally. Or something like that.You have to be deeply steeped in 1940s U.S. nostalgia to get the Duffy's Tavern reference.
"Hello, Duffy's Tavern!"
Duffy's Tavern - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Spitfireace
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I'm a big fan of early radio shows. Before the age of TV radio was riveting stuff.
Smithy
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As it's Remembrance Day here's a couple of snaps of one of my lot who flew and fought in the Great War. Doug was a pilot on Biffs with 62 Sqn on the Western Front in 1918. He won the MC and got 7 victories.
He's second from the left in the back row of this squadron photo:
The tall fellow at the back in this one...
Good rugby player physique
He's second from the left in the back row of this squadron photo:
The tall fellow at the back in this one...
Good rugby player physique
Micawber
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I agree old bean, fruitcake was something we all grew up with (in the Commonwealth anyway) but at cafes, coffee shops and the like now, if you order it, it's often an over fiddlied around with mess with silly extra ingredients. I ordered a slab last time visiting at home at a cafe and it had bloody nuts in it, silly fruit like dried mango and some other bloody silly things, and didn't have the heft any decent fruitcake should have. Albert's family's fruitcake is pretty much the same as my grandmothers' versions on both sides of the family, weights and quantities aside, so just: flour; butter; eggs; sugar; and a load of dried fruit.
You can't beat good old-fashioned fruitcake, it's my favourite. Shitty weather, pot of tea, good book and a big slice of fruitcake, damn nice way to pass an afternoon
Love fruitcake, so much so I married one!
Now then, not only did Albert Ball serve at an airfield at an airfield local to where I entered this world and subsequently spent my formative years but Mannock and McCudden also served there also.
Not just a Second World War Johnny me you know, what, what.
Smithy
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Probably posted it here before, but one of my Dad's old mates who I used to go round and pester when I was young, and had flown Spits from '41 to '45, said to me one of the first times I met him, "Yup we had it pretty rough but if you want to really know who had it terrifying beyond belief, look at those chaps from the first show, no parachutes, no armour plating, and no second chances."
I've never forgotten that.
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