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ZL3AI > RUPERT 08.02.05 23:00l 23 Lines 784 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : ZL3AI1942
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Subj: Re: WWII Dummies.
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From: ZL3AI@ZL3VML.#80.NZL.OC
To : RUPERT@WW
Hi all,
>Yes we had names for officers in the Australian Forces but I won't repeat
>them here.
>Bob VK6BE.
>
>>
>> We didn't have any special term for officers in the Royal Navy, they were
>> all 'Ruperts'. I wonder if other ranks in other countries had names for
>> officers, especially the type who got their jobs through nepotism.
>> 73. Ian.
In the 1960/70 era, in the RNZAF we sometimes called Armourers "Cracker
Stackers" (they worked with bombs) and Radar Techs were called "Plumbers"
due to working with waveguides. Airmen in general (i.e. no rank) were
"Baggies" possibly due to the WW2 baggy shorts we were issued with.
73 David the plumber.
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