May 30, 2021

The Chalet School

The Chalet School series by Elinor Brent-Dyer

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (6 April 1894 – 20 September 1969) was an English children's author who wrote more than 100 books during her lifetime, the most famous being the Chalet School series.

The Chalet School is a series of 64 school story novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The fictional school was initially located in the Austrian Tyrol, before it was moved to Guernsey in 1939 following the rise to power of the Nazi Party, and again to Herefordshire following the Nazi invasion of the Channel Islands. It later moved to a fictional island off the coast of Wales, and finally to Switzerland. (wiki)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalet_School

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Brent-Dyer

https://www.chaletschool.org.uk/







May 19, 2021

Operation Anthropoid

3 movies about 'Operation Anthropoid' — the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Reinhard_Heydrich

The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Iron_Heart_(film)

Anthropoid (2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropoid_(film)

Operation: Daybreak (1975) starring Nicola Pagett
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075019/








May 5, 2021

The Mediterranean Quartet

During the 1970’s and early 1980s writer Michael J. Bird created four drama series for the BBC. Known as The Mediterranean Quartet they took place in Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes.

http://www.mjbird.org.uk/

The Lotus Eaters (1972)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lotus_Eaters_(TV_series)

Who Pays The Ferryman? (1977)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Pays_the_Ferryman%3F

The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aphrodite_Inheritance

The Dark Side of the Sun (1983)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Sun_(TV_serial)









May 1, 2021

Grumman TBF Avenger




Grumman TBF Avenger

The Grumman TBF Avenger is an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

The Avenger entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway. Despite the loss of five of the six Avengers on its combat debut, it survived in service to become the most effective and widely-used torpedo bomber of World War II, sharing credit for sinking the super-battleships Yamato and Musashi and being credited for sinking 30 submarines. (wiki)

https://www.flight-manuals-online.com/product/grumman-tbf-avenger/

https://www.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org/aircraft/grumman-tbf-tbm-avenger/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger