"Lieutenant Commander "Ben" Breese" Topic
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| Tom Bryant | 14 Aug 2009 9:49 a.m. PST |
I ran across this online earlier. Lt. Cmdr Breese was the only known seaplane piloty in the Fleet Air Arm to manage to successfully land a seaplane on a carrier. link A truly interesting man. Well Done Commander Breese. May We Be Worthy. |
| OldGrenadier at work | 14 Aug 2009 9:53 a.m. PST |
A top notch stick-and-rudder man if there ever was one. Rest in Peace. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 14 Aug 2009 12:03 p.m. PST |
A remarkable feat of flying. Requiescat in pace |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 14 Aug 2009 4:59 p.m. PST |
…Breese, who used to blanco his jungle boots… Can someone translate? |
| E Murray | 14 Aug 2009 6:09 p.m. PST |
Blanco: link although I've always associated it with cricket pads. |
| Buff Orpington | 16 Aug 2009 11:02 a.m. PST |
The jungle boots would have been canvas & rubber so blanco would have had benefits.
As one of the final generation of RAF apprentices to use blanco I can still remember what a pain it was, too much and it would rub off onto the serge battledress.
Back to the thread, there can't have been many pilots whose logbooks covered biplanes and helicopters. RIP sir. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 19 Aug 2009 1:47 p.m. PST |
General note, one of the hardest items for WWII British reenactors to find is blanco |
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