Re: Buckingham bullets, was (ahem!)

--- Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@tesco.net> wrote:

> Sorry, I wasn't clear.  I think the written orders
> were along the lines of
> "Capt. Bigglesworth is to attack enemy kite-balloons
> near Douai" and
> therefore has good reason for using Buckingham ammo,
> rather than swinishly
> intending to set aeroplanes alight.  The author was
> writing children's books
> 20 years later, so I'm not suggesting it's perfect
> evidence!

Oh, that makes more sense given a WWI aviator's
mindset.

John

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