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Martin Bull
17th November 2009, 15:56
I love 'Tee Emm' - or 'Training Manual' as it originally was. An official ( and restricted at the time ) publication, it was issued to all RAF stations during WWII. It was quite small - A5 size - and copies can now fetch quite high sums on ebay and at aerojumbles.

They are famous for the cartoons of Bill Hooper, depicting the hapless Pilot Officer Prune and friends, to lighten the serious technical and operational 'gen'. Mentions of 'tee Emm' can be found in most Bomber Command memoirs - everyone flicked through the latest copy of 'Tee Emm' in the Flight Offices.

I've picked up one or two loose copies along the way, butI've just managed to find 12 original bound copies for 1944/1945 via a secondhand bookdealer for about the same cost as an AA fighter. :)

The humour can seem a little corny today, and the 'Wizard prang' idiom may appear hackneyed - but they were there......:unsure:

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/jgfive/Toys/Toys050.jpg

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/jgfive/Toys/Toys049.jpg

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/jgfive/Toys/Toys048.jpg
DCRanger
17th November 2009, 19:08
Another great find there MB. Can't say that I recall ever seeing one anywhere. As a completist I hope you also have...

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm239/DCRanger_photos/Prune.jpg
Martin Bull
17th November 2009, 21:26
I do indeed, DCR...along with my....

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/jgfive/Prune001.jpg


...original 'Prune'......:)
DCRanger
17th November 2009, 21:34
A £10 bargain?:)
Dutchie
17th November 2009, 23:30
Another great find there MB. Can't say that I recall ever seeing one anywhere. As a completist I hope you also have...

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm239/DCRanger_photos/Prune.jpg

I bought this book a year ago. It's a fantastic COLORFULL book:cool: :cool: :cool:
Martin Bull
18th November 2009, 07:06
A £10 bargain?:)

Indeed it was :) - from a now-sadly-defunct s/h bookshop in Fulham.....:(
Martin Bull
14th February 2010, 14:40
They don't sell cheaply.....:unsure:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FULL-RUN-of-TEE-EMM-RAF-WW2-Pub-P-O-PRUNE-COMPLETE-VGC_W0QQitemZ310200080625QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item48395d98f1
no4mkit
14th February 2010, 16:24
Wow, I'd still prefer your £10 bargain MB. What a find that original drawing was! Can you walk us through it? Did you manage to keep a lid on your euphoria until you got outside and around the corner from the shop, then let out a triumphant "WHOOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!!" causing pedestrians to flinch and pidgeons to take flight? You had ever right! ;) :D :cool
Martin Bull
14th February 2010, 17:16
One of the great, all-time http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/nana2.gifbargains No4.....fact is, the shop ( which was there for many years ) specialised in religious books (:unsure: ) and used to buy up whole collections which sometimes included the odd military book etc. I don't think they even knew who 'prune' or Hooper was......

Anyway, it's gone to a good home....

( ... mine ! :D )
Dutchie
14th February 2010, 21:51
One of the great, all-time http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/nana2.gifbargains No4.....fact is, the shop ( which was there for many years ) specialised in religious books (:unsure: ) and used to buy up whole collections which sometimes included the odd military book etc. I don't think they even knew who 'prune' or Hooper was......

Anyway, it's gone to a good home....

( ... mine ! :D )


congrats:cool: :D