The Great Panjandrum, sounds like some famous magician, the likes of Houdini. It could even be an extraordinary magic trick, but it isn’t. It’s name, was chosen by it’s inventor, aircraft engineer and author, Nevile Shute Norway. The Great Panjandrum, was based as a reference to Samuel Foote’s famous nonsense paragraphs, such as; “till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.”(Strange but true. The inventor was also an author, so go figure)!
Archive for the ‘British Secrets’ Category
James Bond: Ian Fleming and his World War 2 Deception Plan
October 11th, 2011 
Sgt. Mac James Bond, whose novelist was British Intelligence Agent, Ian Fleming, came up with a list of deception plans for World War 2.
World War 2: Deception-Operation Mincemeat, 1943
October 6th, 2011 Sgt. Mac World War 2: Deception-Operation Mincemeat, part of Operation Barclay,
was used to mask Operation Husky, the real invasion of Sicily.
Merchant Marines, Naval Armed Guard and Q-Ships
January 29th, 2011 Sgt. Mac How the Merchant Marine supplied commerce, how the Naval Armed Guard protected them and the failure of the US Q-Ship program.
Posted in British Secrets 
Tags: Convoy, Liberty Ships, Merchant Marine, Naval Armed Guard, U-Boats 
No Comments »Q-Ships: The Mysterious Armed Naval Ships of WWI
January 22nd, 2011 Sgt. Mac During WWI, the British Royal Navy, came up with a plan called the Q-Ship, to protect their merchant ships from prowling German U-Boats.
Dambuster’s of the RAF-Flt. Lt. Guy Gibson & 617 Squadron
December 29th, 2010 Sgt. Mac Wing Commander Guy Gibson and 617 Squadron, RAF flew RAF Avro Lancaster Bombers on a daring low-level raid over Germany. They dropped the famous “Bouncing Bomb” invented by Barnes Wallis on the Mohne and Eder dams, thus breaching and flooding Germanys Industrial complex.
WWII: Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb theory
December 23rd, 2010 Sgt. Mac Barnes Wallis, “Bouncing Bomb,” theory came to fruition, when he discovered an ancient way, named the “Magnus,” effect, to bounce a spinning object off water.
Posted in British Secrets Tags: Avro Lancaster, Barnes Wallis, Bouncing Bomb, dam breeching, Dam Busters, Magnus effect, Upkeep, WWII No Comments »World War Two Invention: The Bouncing Bomb
December 21st, 2010 Sgt. Mac Barnes Wallace-Assistant Chief Designer of Vickers Armstrong Aviation, designed the famous “Bouncing Bomb,”, used by the RAF to bomb the dams of the Ruhr Valley, in an attempt to flood the German Industrial complex.
Operation Titanic (D-Day)-Oscar was no dummy, or was he?
December 1st, 2010 Sgt. Mac Deception tactics are nothing new to the military. In fact, they have been used for hundreds of years. One example is the use of camouflage, to hide both men and equipment. Another interesting deception, was the use of what is commonly referred to as “Oscar.”
Posted in British Secrets Tags: D-Day, Deception, Germans, Operation Titanic, Oscar, para-dummy 3 Comments »
