The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34928   Message #2237655
Posted By: GUEST,LIighter at work
16-Jan-08 - 09:45 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bless 'Em All
Subject: RE: Help: Bless 'em All
Like I said, the name of the post-war Shackleton was substituted for that of the Australian Wirraway fighter of WWII. The "black oily smoke" originally pertained to that airplane. It was easier to keep the old words, in this case, than to write new ones.