True, those rascals went into what is now Ethiopia in the hope of expanding an Africa Empire. A friend of mine fought the Italians in Africa and he told me that his memory of one episode was that they were charged at their camp by Italian Cavalry and of watching his commanding officer standing outside his tent in his dressing gown directing operations while eating a tin of pineapple chunks; all very British. The Italians of course lost.
Like you say; if only that gun could talk. Lancaster records are still intact so a small part of its early life may be traceable. Lagopus.....
