Not in YBQ

[Jonathan Lighter]

I meant to specify "aviator son Vittorio" as the author.

JL


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The following quote from Mussolini's aviator son used to be notorious. It
> appears in GB in various forms. This appears to be the earliest and most
> reliable English version:
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> 1937 _Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)_ (Nov. 25, 1937) 24: One group of
> [Abyssinian] horsemen gave me the impression of a budding rose unfolding as
> the bomb fell in their midst and blew them up. It was exceptionally good
> fun and they were easy to hit as we were not too high up.
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> The ultimate source of this UPI story was Mussolini's 1937 memoir of flying
> in Abyssinia. The book seems never to have been translated into English.
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> JL
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