Landships II

i was going to mention that to you at the time when you started that thread. the names are clearly different yet similar, so they may actually be two different tanks from the same unit. or they may be, as you say, one correct and one incorrect name, for the one tank.

probably, the only person who can sort this out would be David Fletcher, the author of the book that contains his contention that this may have been a mark 4 composite.

-- Edited by philthydirtyanimal at 15:59, 2007-09-26

"Whiskey" and "Soda" were the names of two pet lions that Lafayette Escadrille pilots adopted as lucky charms:
"very aviation unit boasts several mascots. Dogs of every description are to be seen around the camps, but the Americans managed, during their stay in Paris, to add to their menagerie by the acquisition of a lion cub named "Whiskey." The little chap had been born on a boat crossing from Africa and was advertised for sale in France. Some of the American pilots chipped in and bought him. Later a young female lion named Soda joined Whiskey. Their preferred food was a soup made of meat and bread. Soda was always more wild than Whiskey: a mystery of the feminine soul !"