He started the 3 / 1 favourite ahead of Parlour Games whilst the other ten runners included Three Musketeers ( Leamington Novices'Hurdle ), Days of Heaven ( Dovecote Novices'Hurdle ), As de Mee ( EBF Novices'Handicap Hurdle ), Sub Lieutenant ( Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle ), Ballybolley ( Champion Standard Open NH Flat Race ) and McKinley ( Slaney Novice Hurdle ).
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Sub Lieutenant was a Japanese student who joined the Imperial Japanese Navy, and on May 11, 1945 was ordered to fly a kamikaze mission during the Battle of Okinawa near the end of World War II . Kamikaze pilots were generally 18 20 years old, poorly trained, and flew poorly maintained aircraft . As leader of the Navy's Kamikaze Corps 7th Showa Special Attack Squadron, he led a group of four young men to attack US Navy ships.
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The programme was strong on creating identifiable characters, the listener was able to clearly differentiate each person Laurie Wyman created; many of whom acquired enduring catchphrases, most notably from Sub Lieutenant Phillips : " Corrrrr ", " Ooh, nasty . . . ", " Oh lumme ! ", and " Left hand down a bit " . " Ev'rybody down ! " was a phrase of CPO Pertwee's, necessitated by a string of incomprehensible navigation orders by Phillips, and followed by a sound effect of the ship crashing.
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On the bridge of the SHAKESPEARE are, left to right : Lieutenant N D Campbell, RN, of Sevenoaks ( Gunnery Officer ); Lieutenant W E I Little-John, DSC, RANVR, of Melbourne, Australia ( First Lieutenant ); Lieutenant M F R Ainlie, DSO, DSC, RN, of Ash Vale, Surrey ( Commanding Officer ); Sub Lieutenant R G Pearson, RNVR, of Hitchin, Herts ( Torpedo Officer ); Lieutenant L H Richardson, RN, of Jersey, Channel Islands ( Navigating Officer ).
