Estratto da : HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR
BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
BY DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE
THE WAR IN THE AIR
Being the Story of
The part played in the Great War
by the Royal Air Force
VOL. I
BY
WALTER RALEIGH
OXFORD
THE CLARENDON PRESS
1922
Cap VI
There was hardly any fighting in the air during the battle of the Aisne, and reconnaissance machines were not attacked by other aeroplanes. They were fired at from the ground by anti-aircraft artillery. The anti-aircraft guns got their name of ‘Archies’ from a light-hearted British pilot, who when he was fired at in the air quoted a popular music-hall refrain—‘Archibald, certainly not!’ // Durante la battaglia dell’Aisne non ci furono quasi combattimenti aerei e gli aerei da ricognizione non furono attaccati da altri aeroplani. Sono stati colpiti da terra dall’artiglieria antiaerea. I cannoni antiaerei presero il nome di “Archies” da un pilota britannico spensierato, che quando fu colpito in aria citò un popolare ritornello da music-hall: “Archibald, certamente no!”
la canzone in oggetto ^^
