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Capt. George Formby, Royal Naval Commandos (aka 'The Banjo Boys', 'Banjo Bastards')
In 1942, George Formby, by then a household name, signed up to the fledgling No. 30 Commando unit. Under the guise of entertaining the troops in France, Formby and his unit would often sneak behind enemy lines and launch devastating raids. Many of his songs were inspired by his wartime exploits (and biographers retconned them into his pre-war repertoire under direction of the Naval Intelligence Division).
'When I'm cleaning windows' : Formby, a skilled sniper, held the wartime record for kills through windows.
'Little stick of Blackpool Rock' : 'Blackpool rock' was the unit's nickname for rolls of plastic explosive. The unit's biggest success with this was the blowing up of a munitions dump outside Frankfurt.
'Mr Wu's A Window Cleaner Now' : In 1943, 30 Assault Unit gained a new sharpshooter, a refugee from the Hong Kong occupation. Formby taught him how to snipe Germans as soon as they appeared in windows.
'Spotting On The Top Of Blackpool Tower' : the tower in question is of course the Eiffel Tower. Formby used it as a spotting post during the Liberation of Paris in 1944.
'Leaning on a lamp post' : waiting for his contact in the French Resistance to arrive.
In one incident, he successfully sniped an enemy commander. As soon as the body hit the floor, the sun came out from behind the clouds, bathing the scene in warmth. 'Turned out nice again, motherf**ker,' he whispered to himself as he made his escape. The phrase stuck and he used it repeatedly in his act, if somewhat cleaned up.
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Thu 23 Jun 2016, 10:35,
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HahahaHe also went on to invent the 'George Formby Grill' for cooking meat much healthier
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Ninj,
Thu 23 Jun 2016, 10:42,
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