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Thanks to Henk Welting on rafcommands, it seems that the most likely candidate for the aircraft lost was Spifire X4234 of 57 OTU
Oh, I'm soooo tempted to make some smutty remark.................:>
Call that nudity - pah. But then again I shall stop myself before I do serious damage to everyone's eyesight :becky:
I've since discovered that Air Marshall "Billy" Bishop made a cameo in the film (suppossed to be the bit when the pilots are awarded their wings).
There's a clip on youtube from the film that used real treainers and trainees. The aircraft shown are Fariey Battle, Anson and Fleet Finch (biplane)...
More info on Reznak: http://membres.lycos.fr/asduciel/reznak.htm...
http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/178/czech_national_news/12613/ Czechoslovak war pilot Jan Reznak, a women's idol and a hero about whom several...
Interestingly, The Bomber Command Diaries states that 25 were lost on the mission, and a further 30 crashed due to bad weather, making a total of 55...
Name: McNAMARA, JOHN FREDERICK Initials: J F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7012345.stm [IMG] "My brother just blurted out 'our Jack's been killed'. I remember his face so clearly...
Japanese military strategist who used his wartime experiences to transform the Itochu Corporation:...
I've got a copy of the book too (though, to my shame, it's still sitting on my to-read pile). I shall have to dig it out. I hadn't realised that the...
Amazing how someone can go galavanting around SA for a week, and still reach 100 posts so quickly - a real chatter-box :Booty: Well done Andy...
To really appreciate "Mosquito Thunder" one should read Battle Axe Blenheims" which covers the 105 Squadron between 1940 and 1941:...
could lease it for 30 years instead - and then lease it out again (maybe for burial of nuclear waste- good money in that)
That'd be OK for the deposit :becky:
never said it was the Dr Who forum - I said where they discuss Dr Who and the such
http://cgi.ebay.com/Titan-Missile-Base-Central-Washington_W0QQitemZ190132455924QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1607QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem The...
Keep us informed - sounds like an interesting, and sad, episode in the war.
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