Comments on: A Piasa by any other name … http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:25:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Brett Holman Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:38:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/#comment-1300 Thanks, I do definitely have trackbacks and pingbacks, it's a bit mysterious why it didn't work ... Thanks, I do definitely have trackbacks and pingbacks, it’s a bit mysterious why it didn’t work …

]]> By: Endie http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Endie Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:19:34 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/#comment-1299 I don't think that you have trackbacks, so being a polite soul, I should mention that I replied to this at http://endie.net/cs/blogs/endie/archive/2006/06/12/when_ship_naming_goes_bad.aspx I don’t think that you have trackbacks, so being a polite soul, I should mention that I replied to this at http://endie.net/cs/blogs/endie/archive/2006/06/12/when_ship_naming_goes_bad.aspx

]]> By: Cas Stavert http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Cas Stavert Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:04:02 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/#comment-1293 Oh I hadn't realised that Fairey was the manufacturer, I thought it was rather badly spelled non-macho name for the plane! Shows how much I know about aircraft. Oh I hadn’t realised that Fairey was the manufacturer, I thought it was rather badly spelled non-macho name for the plane! Shows how much I know about aircraft.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Brett Holman Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:34:36 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/#comment-1292 Oh, I don't know if it's all that silly ... I suspect Battle is a place name like so many other British bombers -- ie, Battle in East Sussex (1066 and all that). It's hard to get confirmation one way or the other though. It does sound a bit sillier when you put together with the manufacturer's name, Fairey -- who did have a penchant for the quirkier names, it seems. For example, the Fawn and the Flycatcher I mention in the post were both Fairey products. Though sometimes the Air Ministry overruled the company and picked a different name, so it's hard to know who to blame. On the other hand, if the name wasn't bad, the plane certainly was! As the memoir you link to (thanks!) shows -- they were shot down in droves in May 1940, though very bravely flown, to be sure. Oh, I don’t know if it’s all that silly … I suspect Battle is a place name like so many other British bombers — ie, Battle in East Sussex (1066 and all that). It’s hard to get confirmation one way or the other though. It does sound a bit sillier when you put together with the manufacturer’s name, Fairey — who did have a penchant for the quirkier names, it seems. For example, the Fawn and the Flycatcher I mention in the post were both Fairey products. Though sometimes the Air Ministry overruled the company and picked a different name, so it’s hard to know who to blame.

On the other hand, if the name wasn’t bad, the plane certainly was! As the memoir you link to (thanks!) shows — they were shot down in droves in May 1940, though very bravely flown, to be sure.

]]> By: Cas Stavert http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Cas Stavert Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:10:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/06/09/a-piasa-by-any-other-name/#comment-1291 These names aren't half as silly as the Fairey Battle. I had never heard of this until last year when I was teaching this old boy use a computer and he produced this memoir his daughter had posted for him on the BBC site <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/59/a2386659.shtml" rel="nofollow">here.</a> I'm sure you've seen similar things before, but I thought it was quite interesting. These names aren’t half as silly as the Fairey Battle. I had never heard of this until last year when I was teaching this old boy use a computer and he produced this memoir his daughter had posted for him on the BBC site here. I’m sure you’ve seen similar things before, but I thought it was quite interesting.

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