"Emmanuel.Gustin" wrote:

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

: Now that's a manly sounding steed. Who needs Devastators, Havocs,
: Lightnings or Thunderbolts when you can fly the dreaded Salamander?

If the war had lasted longer, RAF pilots would have had the
opportunity of going to war in the Sopwith Snail...

Yes, yes, but remember that at the time most people would know the
superstitious stories of salamanders, magical creatures that lived in fire or
started fires, or both. (Probably came from people throwing wet wood on the
fire and hibernating salamanders warming up and crawling out).

-- Charlie Springer