A Date in My Diary
Last night, the BBC repeated the program about the Coventry Blitz. It reminded me that I shall be going to see Ipswich at Coventry on New Year’s Day. I shall of course visit both cathedrals.
I was talking to an Italian tourist at that I met at Mallaig about other places to go in the UK and I suggested Coventry. He mentioned that the verb to coventrate, or lay waste by areial bombing, is now incorporated into the Italian language.
The Anonymous Widower 
Into German as well: “coventriert” (coined by Goebbels).
Comment by SpencerH | October 3, 2010 |
I found that too!
Did you know that there’s a memorial to the women pilots of WW2 at Ipswich airport? Or I fond some references to it!
Comment by AnonW | October 3, 2010 |
I didn’t know that. I wonder if Veronica Volkersz is commemorated. I only mention this because I recently bought a copy of her autobiography. She joined the ATA during the war and was the first woman to fly an operational jet fighter, a Meteor III which she transported from the Gloster factory to RAF Molesworth in September 1945.
Comment by SpencerH | October 3, 2010 |
I worked for Island Air Services in the 50’s when Vronica was one of the pilots The company was run by Monique Rendall nee Agazarian. I would dearly like to read her book Can you assist?
Michael Wise MBE
Comment by Michael Wise | October 22, 2011 |
Not sure, but I do know Spencer H, so I’ll e-mail him.
Comment by AnonW | October 23, 2011