Poor cow
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Exploding cows, baby killers and death rays (Dylan Owen, National Library of New Zealand blog)
This is a fascinating story: thanks, Start with Dessert!
"The second success from Pomeroy’s bullets occurred a month later in October 1916 when a new super-Zeppelin (the L31) was shot down by Wulfstan Tempest, a pilot awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his exploit." Wulfstan Tempest! what a name!
posted by misteraitch at 3:33 AM on December 17, 2017 [4 favorites]
"The second success from Pomeroy’s bullets occurred a month later in October 1916 when a new super-Zeppelin (the L31) was shot down by Wulfstan Tempest, a pilot awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his exploit." Wulfstan Tempest! what a name!
posted by misteraitch at 3:33 AM on December 17, 2017 [4 favorites]
> Note: Major Colley stated that the set was inert, but two of the .22 rounds may be live.
Let it not be said the life of an archivist must be a boring one.
posted by ardgedee at 4:43 AM on December 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
Let it not be said the life of an archivist must be a boring one.
posted by ardgedee at 4:43 AM on December 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
Wulfstan Tempest! what a name!The Duffer Brothers totally have to look into casting this guy for the next series of Stranger Things.
posted by Sonny Jim at 4:56 AM on December 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
There's a PBS Nova episode, Zeppelin Terror Attack, which "explores the technological arms race that unfolded as Britain desperately scrambled to develop defenses that could neutralize the threat, while Germany responded with ever bigger and more powerful Zeppelins."
posted by ShooBoo at 10:19 PM on December 17, 2017
posted by ShooBoo at 10:19 PM on December 17, 2017
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