Notes on RCAF Expressions + Facts
Item
Title
Notes on RCAF Expressions + Facts
Description
A page of handwritten notes organized into two columns. The first one reads as follows:
"RCAF expressions + facts/military
Press on
sharp end
17,000 RCAF dead in WWII - Bomber Command - 9,919
the pressure's off
organize - to steal
God watches over 1st solos
changing seats in the air
meat wagons - ambulance
-inverted spin at 8000 feet recons at 600
(109) -reprimand
RED OUT opp. of BLACK OUT
(Behind the Glory)
the iron compass - railroad
137000 aircrew trained in CANADA
40000 Brits killed in Blitz
You're on (tonight) (for bombing)
give the word (order)
900-1000 Bombers in the stream
a stall turn
put it on the target
35000 killed on on night - Hamburg
55000 in Hamburg whole war
7 crew to a bomber
shot down by the light of a burning bomber
it not the MOON
900 buried at Commonwealth War Cemetery in Yorkshire
Fighter given campaign medals - Bombers were not
We'll play it by ear
Your flank is covered, Jack"
The second column reads as follows:
"Under a cloak of secrecy
I.F.F. Identification Friend or Foe
<(100 Haydon)>
De Fall in
"Get 'em all lined up + for
God's sake don't try to march!"
Handover Parader Jack
U.S. Hawks "nuke 'em and pave 'em"
atomic diplomacy
sharpened
1st strike / 2nd strike
peaceful co-existence
SI: I'll take any kicks that are coming
Good show
never "plane" - always "aeroplane"
Squadronscramble
dash + glamour
I must want my head examined
old boy
clear + present danger
ever widening circles of risk
flying with only one wing
FLYING BLIND / BLIND FLYING
full stop
evasive action
greenside up
come to grief
Blind Approach Training
Keep your heading, don't deviate
You're on the battle order
Mae West"
"RCAF expressions + facts/military
Press on
sharp end
17,000 RCAF dead in WWII - Bomber Command - 9,919
the pressure's off
organize - to steal
God watches over 1st solos
changing seats in the air
meat wagons - ambulance
-inverted spin at 8000 feet recons at 600
(109) -reprimand
RED OUT opp. of BLACK OUT
(Behind the Glory)
the iron compass - railroad
137000 aircrew trained in CANADA
40000 Brits killed in Blitz
You're on (tonight) (for bombing)
give the word (order)
900-1000 Bombers in the stream
a stall turn
put it on the target
35000 killed on on night - Hamburg
55000 in Hamburg whole war
7 crew to a bomber
shot down by the light of a burning bomber
it not the MOON
900 buried at Commonwealth War Cemetery in Yorkshire
Fighter given campaign medals - Bombers were not
We'll play it by ear
Your flank is covered, Jack"
The second column reads as follows:
"Under a cloak of secrecy
I.F.F. Identification Friend or Foe
<(100 Haydon)>
De Fall in
"Get 'em all lined up + for
God's sake don't try to march!"
Handover Parader Jack
U.S. Hawks "nuke 'em and pave 'em"
atomic diplomacy
sharpened
1st strike / 2nd strike
peaceful co-existence
SI: I'll take any kicks that are coming
Good show
never "plane" - always "aeroplane"
Squadronscramble
dash + glamour
I must want my head examined
old boy
clear + present danger
ever widening circles of risk
flying with only one wing
FLYING BLIND / BLIND FLYING
full stop
evasive action
greenside up
come to grief
Blind Approach Training
Keep your heading, don't deviate
You're on the battle order
Mae West"
Creator
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Language
English
Subject
The Way the Crow Flies
Source
From AMM's personal archive
