It now looks fairly certain that the warlike characteristics of our heroine have their roots in the lineage described. Her predescessors association with the Scythians would explain her scythe-like approach to dealing with boy-friends and enemies alike.
A Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson is a good book indeed, and the film Appointment in London is a fine war film about Bomber Command starring Dirk Bogarde. The 'appointment' was at Buckingham Palace where they went to collect their gongs. As it was made in the fifties there are interesting bits featuring aircraft of the wartime and post-war years.
Wartime recipes represented healthier eating than those which make up our diet today. Who could resist grilled mock-rissoles, starlings en brochette and a delightful sponge cake conjured up with three carrots and a hairnet?
'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'
