Originally Posted By: Raine
Is your new pilot at Ghistelles? If so, tell him that the explosion of Cooper bombs are a much gentler way
to wake up than they have at St-Pol, where Cam Fraser plays "Johnny Cope" on his bagpipes in the morning.

Ah, so thank god you didn't bring those with you - must be a Scotch version of the Bible's "seven trumpets"!
No, my pilot flies from Pronville, a village near Quéant (in the triangle Arras-Bapaume-Cambrai).

Originally Posted By: Raine
Interesting name for your new pilot. It sounds like he's from the eastern borders of Prussia, almost Russian or Polish.
Am I correct?

Thank you - this is actually my real name, which I think I never used for a pilot yet.
But since I have come to letter "D"...
The family name may origin from the village "Mahlo" south of Berlin, not sure.
My father's ancestors came from an area further down south of Berlin; his parents and himself were Berliners.
The first name "Detlev" (also: Detlef) is an old high-German first name, which was popular from 1935 to 1955;
today it is rarely given to new born boys anymore.
It originates from "diot" (people) and "leib" (son/descendant); so it means "son of the people".

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