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Dogzbody ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 27 Apr 2009 Status: Offline Points: 71 |
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Evening All,
The twin yoked Lewis guns used by British Air Services were referred to as Huntley & Palmer, was there a connection to the biscuit manufacturer? or could they have easily have been known as Gilbert & Sullivan or a similar pairing.
TTFN as we said back when, John B.
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NickForder ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Location: Bolton Status: Offline Points: 1369 |
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I have some medals to a 103 Squadron observer called CH Huntley. I often wondered if his pilot was called Palmer...
Nick
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Alex Revell ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Status: Offline Points: 84 |
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I've always understood that that was the jocular name the twin Lewis were given by the RFC
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Davef68 ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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At a guess, the round magazines would look similar to round biscuit tins - could that have been an H&P custom?
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Roland G Adams ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 03 Jun 2009 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Dear John,
I have joined the new web site - all thanks to Andy Kemp setting me off solo
I did not know about the names of the twin guns but it occurred to me that Huntley and Palmer were based in Reading I think so probably in the minds of RFC men who were in Reading for a while.
Kind regards
Roland
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WrightBrother ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Witney Status: Offline Points: 62 |
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Huntley & Palmer - wasn't there a saying 'just the biscuit'? Maybe the RFC considered the twin Lewis set-up was 'Just the Biscuit' ?
Peter Wright.
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