Comments on: Monday, 19 September 1938

By: Airminded · Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis: thoughts and conclusions

Airminded · Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis: thoughts and conclusions — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:11:26 +0000

[...] whether it’s ready for war or not, whether it can defend London or bomb Berlin — with very few exceptions, it’s just ignored, as being of no [...]

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:38:15 +0000

Yes, he wrote fairly regularly for the Manchester Guardian too, at least between 1938 and 1940. But what’s his background? I’m guessing ex-RFC, because of the ‘Major’, though it doesn’t preclude him from having continued in the RAF as well.

By: Airminded · Tuesday, 20 September 1938

Airminded · Tuesday, 20 September 1938 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:28:48 +0000

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By: Erik Lund

Erik Lund — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:11:59 +0000

Major De V. R. is the militay correspondent for _Flight_, which normally takes a very skeptical view of things like gas bombs and knockout blows. _The Aeroplane’s_ editorial position is more radical, but its military correspondent (C. M. McAleery) less so. I’ve never seen R.’s journalism elsewhere, but then I haven’t been looking that hard.