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... and After (Gardini), Drum‘mond, 7/6. R It’s a Piece of Cake: R.AF. Slang Made Easy (Jackson), Simpkin, 2/-, Jackson, Ph. Micrography, Focal, 7/6. ——C. H. Ward-. It’sa Piece of Cake : IzI.A.F. Slang Made Easy, ...

Published: Thursday 22 July 1943
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 564 | Page: 112 | Tags: none

No easy path

... opening all himself. Only if his employers don't care whether his name is Smith. Attlee or Fauntleroy. It Is not all a piece of cake being the son of famous man. Still, there has been a lot of fun already, and there will lot more somewhere. . Now I've ...

Published: Wednesday 11 May 1949
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 313 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THANET A.T.C. OFFICERS At R.A.F. Course

... wing In Cornwall. where he is taking an air crew ((light engineer's) course. He says: The course here Is not Just a 'piece of cake.' as one is some- led to believe. There's plenty of hard work to do, but if you keep at it I don't think anyone should ...

Published: Wednesday 10 May 1944
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 312 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MASS RAIDS WITH AMERICANS SOON

... after the world's mightiest air raid, crews some the 1,000 bombers that took part yesterday described the raid as a piece of cake. One pilot reported at least a mile radius flame and that the giant bombers threaded the sky over the city in rush-hour ...

Published: Tuesday 02 June 1942
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1269 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Rack Your Brain by Owen Rutter. A very lively Quiz Book. More Jungletown Tales by C. Nelson. Sylvan Press Reviewers

... 4/6 10/6 All Buttoned Up by David Langdon. Sylvan Press These R.A.F. cartoons in book form are just the thing. It's a Piece of Cake by C. H. Ward-Jackson. R.A.F. slang. Equally amusing and quite rightly a terrific success. Mr. Bosanko by Stephen Macfarlane ...

Published: Thursday 28 September 1944
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 272 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

First Voting Day British Troops

... followinK an accident at Byhope Colliery. EVENING CHRONICLE, Tuesday, July 3. IMS. Arwi Theatres R.A.F. PLAY IS FRUITY ‘PIECE OF CAKE’ THEATRE ROTAL.—Terence successful play, Flare Path,” a war-time mixture of rich comedy and high drama, pays a welcome ...

Published: Tuesday 03 July 1945
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THANET A.T.C. OFFICERS At R.A.F. Coarse

... training wing in Cornwall. where he is taking an air crew might engineer's) course. He says: The course here is not Ant a 'piece of cake.' as one is sometimes led to believe. There's plenty of bard work to do. but if you keep at it I don't think anyone should ...

Published: Saturday 06 May 1944
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 317 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

EDINBURGH MAN SUMS UP

... seen. There were masses of small area. Compared with fire concentrated into a terrifically’ Essen, the defences were a piece of cake.” Flight Engineer Sergt. John Irving, of Carlisle, who made his first trip on Tuesday night, described how after his machine ...

Published: Thursday 06 May 1943
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 314 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE SLANG OF THE R.A.F

... their bed! Any simple achievement is k as a 'piece o' cake.' Thus an examination for L.A.C. (leading aireraftman) which was easy to get through (or for 'pips,' of course . .) is well described as a 'piece o' cake.' A service man who is a ...

Published: Saturday 10 February 1945
Newspaper: Richmond Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 782 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

ILA.F. SLANG

... strongest Pilots who go “dicing” on a shaky-do” are attacking a difficult and dangerous target; if it’s an easy target it’s a “piece of cake.” After they drop their bombs they sometimes “stooge around to take beaker,” meaning to hang around to have look ...

°r..oe:letd

... have learnt the art of preparing a quick snack that is nourishing. A cup of frothy cocoa and a couple of biscuits or a piece of cake is my early morning meal, said a girl who had bean a post-women for over a year. And this, it appears, was a favourite ...

Published: Friday 19 November 1943
Newspaper: Midlothian Advertiser
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: | Words: 448 | Page: 4 | Tags: none