Matilda - Duck or Empress??

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  1. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Experience suggests that names like that originate in the minds of journalists a few hundreds of miles from the front. The London Evening Standard was particularly good at that - the first reference to the Beaufighter as 'Whistling Death' and the P38 as ' Fork Tailed Devil' can be found there
     
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    Robert-w, Nov 17, 2019
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  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    To emphasise this, as the Duck thing won't go away.
    The Great Tank Scandal - Fletcher, p.43:
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    And from his recent book on British WW2 tanks compiled from all his Osprey output thereof:
    "Sir John [Carden] left [Vickers] with a draft proposal under the codename 'Matilda' "
    Pre-design & before anyone knew how it would move.
    h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1m01ezzMg
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  3. Don Juan

    Don Juan Well-Known Member

    I shall let everyone continue groping in the dark for a couple more years on this subject, and then I will tell you what I know.
     
    Don Juan, Nov 17, 2019
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  4. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Swine!

    This is going to cost me... again... isn't it.
    A title I shall fall on like a dog on chips.
     
    von Poop, Nov 17, 2019
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