You are perfectly aligned Boac, needles crossed on short final and unlikely to crash onto the forecastle of the SS Normandie, like this rather careless Naval Lieutenant did in 1936...Boac wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:02 pmI'll chuck in a Baffin; not sure what happened but I guess it is broken.......................
Pass on the ship but I say it is not a carrier. PS If it is a carrier then he landed a bit short........... )
Life on board in those days so relaxed that the right hand matelot had time to demo the hornpipe as he crossed the deck.
Details of his Court Martial as reported by the press at the time...
I was too mean to buy the image so just click on, and then enlarge the image, on your screen to read the torrid tale of his trial...
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