Fattyowls Posted 29 December , 2020 Share Posted 29 December , 2020 I've done all the French aces with more than 20 victories and all the Belgian ones and I'm still none the wiser. Better educated but still not possessed of a higher wisdom quotient than before...... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 December , 2020 Share Posted 29 December , 2020 4 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: I've done all the French aces with more than 20 victories and all the Belgian ones and I'm still none the wiser. Better educated but still not possessed of a higher wisdom quotient than before...... Pete. You're looking on the wrong side Pete. He was in fact his country's top ace. There, that's surely given him away. If not; the 13 martyrs were all Generals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 29 December , 2020 Share Posted 29 December , 2020 7 minutes ago, neverforget said: You're looking on the wrong side Pete. I was fooled by the chapeau...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 December , 2020 Share Posted 29 December , 2020 (edited) The race is on....Top ace from one of the countries on the naughty side. Edited 29 December , 2020 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fattyowls Posted 29 December , 2020 Share Posted 29 December , 2020 33 minutes ago, neverforget said: on the naughty side I took one look at that phrase and knew it wouldn't end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 December , 2020 Share Posted 29 December , 2020 It rarely does for me Pete, and tonight was no exception 😭😭⚽️ I think we have to embrace the fact that Mr.V. has him. Jozsef Kiss, Hungary's top ace. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/József_Kiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 January , 2021 Share Posted 1 January , 2021 On the aviation theme, I will present this as the first of this new year. As a slight change, I have included him in his distinctive aircraft markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 January , 2021 Share Posted 1 January , 2021 Go on then, he is one of our antipodean Uncles almost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 January , 2021 Share Posted 1 January , 2021 Mr K, is that aircraft a postwar fighter? Happy New Year to you and all our readers by the way. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 January , 2021 Share Posted 1 January , 2021 Happy New Year Pete No it was the last version flown in anger, in this case bedecked in his paint design. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 January , 2021 Share Posted 1 January , 2021 Got him, I will give his bio my full attention a bit later, but in the interim I won't divulge just in case the other inmates are feeling a bit delicate after fully legal in house celebrations last evening and get the hump as a result, or as they used say in these parts get a cob on. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 January , 2021 Share Posted 1 January , 2021 (edited) 👍 both you and Steve. Edited 1 January , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 Right, now that you lot have finished your mark-down Christmas tree pizzas from Asda, then how about this chap: I suspect he has been up before, so no clues to start with- Et Bonne Annee a Tous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 This thread has been inordinately quiet of late. Has anyone positively identified Knotty's last chap yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 Not yet Steve, although both you and Pete have all but named him. Put us out of our misery. And a happy New year to you Mr V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 2 minutes ago, Knotty said: Not yet Steve, although both you and Pete have all but named him. Put us out of our misery. And a happy New year to you Mr V Ok I will, but it's a shame as he was a really good candidate and I found him by googling Sopwith Camel, so felt like it wasn't quite a fair cop. I think Pete and I were hoping someone else would come along and have a go but the thread just seemed to die a death. Anyway, reluctantly, and so that we can move on Mr.V's chap. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Cobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 46 minutes ago, neverforget said: Anyway, reluctantly, and so that we can move on Mr.V's chap. Apologies chaps-I thought the previous one had finished. 7 Days Confined to Barracks for me then. Oh,hang on, with the COVID restrictions that's what I get anyway..... Oh alright, have a clue if you must........... His first bout of active service ended in Newcastle. Watching "Get Carter" will not help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 Apologies chaps-I thought the previous one had finished. 7 Days Confined to Barracks for me then. Oh,hang on, with the COVID restrictions that's what I get anyway..... Oh alright, have a clue if you must........... His first bout of active service ended in Newcastle. Watching "Get Carter" will not help you. Hmmm... With around 100 Newcastles dotted around the globe, and with the Get Carter clue, I'm not thinking Newcastle upon Tyne somehow. My gut feeling is that he may have ended his war as a P.O.W. Then again, my gut feelings rarely do me any favours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 17 minutes ago, neverforget said: Hmmm... With around 100 Newcastles dotted around the globe, and with the Get Carter clue, I'm not thinking Newcastle upon Tyne somehow. My gut feeling is that he may have ended his war as a P.O.W. Then again, my gut feelings rarely do me any favours. Correct about A.N.Other Newcastle.... Not a POW. Another clue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 Is it Norman Collins; Last man standing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 Well done NF- Identify the film and,yes, he comes up quite easily on Mr Google's Apparatus- Last Oz Boer War veteran-died 1988. Served S. Africa-QSA and KSA-ended up having seen no action but at Newcastle,Natal. Allegedly knew Breaker Morant. Served with the Light Horse in the Middle East in the Great War-Had to be restrained from volunteering for WW2. There is a fascinating little tape about him on You Tube- made in 1988 just before he died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 January , 2021 Share Posted 15 January , 2021 Well done NF- Identify the film and,yes, he comes up quite easily on Mr Google's Apparatus- Last Oz Boer War veteran-died 1988. Served S. Africa-QSA and KSA-ended up having seen no action but at Newcastle,Natal. Allegedly knew Breaker Morant. Served with the Light Horse in the Middle East in the Great War-Had to be restrained from volunteering for WW2. There is a fascinating little tape about him on You Tube- made in 1988 just before he died. Any chance you could post a link to that please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 January , 2021 Share Posted 16 January , 2021 1 hour ago, neverforget said: Any chance you could post a link to that please? Certainly- Fantastic piece of work done for Anzac Day 1988- he died shortly after. Link won't copy- Just zap the title,or some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 16 January , 2021 Share Posted 16 January , 2021 Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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