Have been thinking about this for a while after posting the "Moth" Eaton thread. Just came across some other great nicknames and thought I'd share. These guys were 260 Sqn pilots and are mentioned in Ron Cundy's A Gremlin on my Shoulder. Sgt Tom "Polly" Parrot P/O "Sticky" Glew Post away if you have more!
The lad who now runs the V&W Association is known as 'Stormy' Fairweather. No idea what his real first name is.
With you now, Ron, after your edit! :becky: Good one. I didn't get it straight away either, AR, but I wasn't that slow. :becky: Only kidding. Actually, I thought their explanation of his getting the nickname ""Moth" because of his affiliation with the aircraft of the same name was a good story but I was way more inclined to think it was because of his surname.
S/L "Splinters" Smallwood, CO of 87 Sqn, a Turbinlite unit, as detailed on page 64 of Owen Zupp's Down to Earth and just prior to the Dieppe raid.
"Rocky" Mountain, 264 Sqn nav for Mike Muir in 1943 as mentioned on page 84 of Owen's aforementioned book.
F/Lt James Eglington 'Nigger' Marshall - because he was born in Africa and brought up in Africa Battle of Britain London Monument - F/Lt. J E MARSHALL
Did some googling and found out some Nick names for the British. Germans called the British pararchute unit the *Red Devils* The other nuicknames every one knows about,so i won't bother putting them up!
