This was interesting. A picture of an early interpretation of what Disney Gremlins might look like!
Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl wrote a story about them years before the movie was dreamt of!
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Marvellous-Life-Of-Roald-Dahl/
Do you like Gremlins?
Its bound to be on telly this Christmas!
To quote the RAF Museum: Gremlins were fictitious devilish spirits which made aircraft break down. They first appeared in the RAF during the Second World War. Problems with an aircraft would be blamed upon the work of the gremlins.
ReplyDeleteAirmen would combat the devilish gremlins by carrying mascots of lucky ones.
The author Roald Dahl, a pilot in the Royal Air Force during the War, wrote a children’s book about gremlins in 1943. Walt Disney then published a cartoon book based on Dahl’s characters, increasing their fame.
It's unlikely the film Gremlins has any relationship to the Disney/Dahl version.
Interesting Terranova. I wonder how many Gremlins it takes before its a SNAFU?
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