Jack Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 No googling this chaps!! But who was Sergeant Thomas P. Kane?? And what mistake did he make during WW11..?? Going off to make a full scale match stick model of Port Winston as it is going to take you a long while to get this one.........:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 He got caught by the draft board??? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Perhaps he tried to impersonate an high ranking officer, General ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Perhaps he tried to impersonate an high ranking officer, General ? No sir. I knew this was going to stump everyone............ Degsy's quite :iloveyou: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Wasn't he the Dentsit who went on a private commando raid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppypiesdad Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 An actor that impersonated Churchill ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 No no and no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisg Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Mr & Mrs Kane's son :rofl::rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looks like you have time to plant another poplar and wait for it to grow into matchsticks Jack, strangely I ain't got a clue either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looks like you have time to plant another poplar and wait for it to grow into matchsticks Jack, strangely I ain't got a clue either. Think you are right Bernard :coffee: Will give you a clue - something to do with the build up to D-Day............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lardrover Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 He didn't do the crossword did he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppypiesdad Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 His brother was in Germany and he sent him a letter to say that there seems to be a lot of people gathering at the ports.(his brother was a field marshal ) ? Yes I'm grasping at straws or he started the whole thing off by saying GO! Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 His brother was in Germany and he sent him a letter to say that there seems to be a lot of people gathering at the ports.(his brother was a field marshal ) ? Yes I'm grasping at straws Jamie Wow we are getting there............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Was this the soldier who got envelopes mixed up and sent secret D Day papers to his family instead of a letter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisg Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Its the chap the wired the "mans truck" :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Was this the soldier who got envelopes mixed up and sent secret D Day papers to his family instead of a letter? :computerrage: Hats off to you Degsy!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Sorry Jack:shake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Where was his family located that he sent these papers to ? What was Sargent Kane's fate ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Where was his family located that he sent these papers to ?What was Sargent Kane's fate ? I'd have thought at least come in Seargent, walk out private! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Where was his family located that he sent these papers to ?What was Sargent Kane's fate ? I've read about this incident more than once but I'm afraid I can't remember the answer to either of your questions. Since Jack posed the question perhaps he can come up with some more info. There were several instances of possible security leaks before D Day, a senior American officer was demoted and returned to the US after being indiscreet at a party, a lot of the code words appeared in The Times crossword but that turned out to be coincidence and a lot of secret papers blew out of an open office window in London but all were eventually accounted for. There were also a number of other incidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Where was his family located that he sent these papers to ?What was Sargent Kane's fate ? I am typing this from one of my books...... Early in March a parcel of papers stamped 'Bigot' bursting open in a Chicago mail office, had caused widespread panic until the mystery was solved. The hard-pressed chief clerk of the London Ordnance Supply Section, Sergent Thomas P. Kane. had been worrying over his ailing sisters health: in a moment of aberration, he had mailed the package not to the appropriate US department but to her address in Chicago. He and his sister remained under FBI surveillance for long after D-Day. :sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 So what about then - Brigadier Lionel Harris?? What did he do???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 So what about then - Brigadier Lionel Harris?? What did he do???? During the war or after? Did he not join the Post Office in an engineering capacity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 So what about then - Brigadier Lionel Harris?? What did he do???? Started out as a private in WW1, rose to Brigadier in WW2 then became Engineer in Chief of the P.O.......... Responsible for the UK side of the comms set-up for Normandy & Overlord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Wasn't he also one of the chief encouragers and supporters of Tom Flower's attempts to build Collosus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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