The tank's named for "Old Bill", a famous cartoon character from the previous war. http://ww1.canada.com/battlefront/images-cartoonists-sketches-found-fun-amid-the-horror-of-the-first-world-war. Tony
Yes, I covered Old Bill when I was posting about nose art on bombers http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/03/bruce-bairnsfather-official-cartoonist.html
and I wouldn't have posted this photo if there wasn't that Old Bill painting on it. There just isn't much about the image to enjoy, without that painting.
95mm howitzer, bring more boom on the battlefield.
ReplyDeleteThe tank's named for "Old Bill", a famous cartoon character from the previous war. http://ww1.canada.com/battlefront/images-cartoonists-sketches-found-fun-amid-the-horror-of-the-first-world-war.
ReplyDeleteTony
Yes, I covered Old Bill when I was posting about nose art on bombers http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/03/bruce-bairnsfather-official-cartoonist.html
Deleteand I wouldn't have posted this photo if there wasn't that Old Bill painting on it. There just isn't much about the image to enjoy, without that painting.
DeleteYou're way ahead of me. As always.
DeleteNo, I certainly am not... but, sometimes I've simply posted the stuff years ago. Sometimes I forget that I have, and sometimes I recall.
DeleteNotice the war trophy Iron Cross being worn by the fellow in the far left. I think that's the reason they're all looking his way.
ReplyDelete