isn't it set in the RAF rather than the American armed forces?

It's set in England but-- you know, it never even occurred to me. Is she suggesting that Sheppard is British? Because I don't think I can wrap my brain around that. Gay Penguins are easier to accept than a British Sheppard.

Wait, wait, no, IIRC there's a whole thing about getting information about Shep from US authorities. I think. Oh, my head hurts.

Sheppard might be flying with the Brits. It was a while before we got into the war formally.

Nope, it's 1942-43.

I dunno, then. All I've got is my father's Army Air Corp pin, which I snitched behind my mother's back when he died.

I'm tempted to just skip this step and hope that people nominate what I want, except I don't even know what I want, and I know I will kick myself two days after nominations when I remember what I'm forgetting.

I almost did. And the master list is *really* confusing. Dexter was on there, and I was like, awesome! I don't have to nom it! But then I got worried that it wasn't *actually* on there, so I nommed it anyway. Whatever, as long as it's there.

Is she suggesting that Sheppard is British? Because I don't think I can wrap my brain around that. Gay Penguins are easier to accept than a British Sheppard.

Admittedly I haven't read it, but he could have enlisted with the RAF. Americans did that routinely, before America joined the war and during it, just so they could fly.

1942-43 America was already in the war. We did send a number of bomber squadrons to England to help them bomb the fuck out of Germany. I don't know if we had any fighter squadrons there at all, I'm guessing we did. It's not like we could put bases in France, Spain or Italy at the time. I believe RAF Northholt was the primary staging ground for the Americans. Also, there was a whole group of women, called WASPs, that ferried bombers back and forth across the Atlantic during the war. And yes, the service was originally called the Army Air Corps. It was after the war that they separated the Air Force out as a separate service.

sail, you just got smart!points from the universe. Nice.

Hee. It pays to have been in the military and like to read historical war novels. W.E.B. Griffin is my hero (and my source.)

1942-43 America was already in the war. We did send a number of bomber squadrons to England to help them bomb the fuck out of Germany. I don't know if we had any fighter squadrons there at all, I'm guessing we did. It's not like we could put bases in France, Spain or Italy at the time. I believe RAF Northholt was the primary staging ground for the Americans. Also, there was a whole group of women, called WASPs, that ferried bombers back and forth across the Atlantic during the war. And yes, the service was originally called the Army Air Corps. It was after the war that they separated the Air Force out as a separate service.

...it's bad that I only know this because of a Judith Krantz book, isn't it?

hangs head

Heh. Knowledge is knowledge, no matter how it's obtained (as long as it's legal.)

Signed, Someone who loved "Princess Daisy" until they made a movie of it.