Thursday, July 22, 2010

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Welcomes Newest Member

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  1. Would anyone be surprised..?!

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  2. Gareth.8:30 am

    Haha!

    It did have our engine you know.

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  3. Alas, in summer 1940 all the Septics had was the Curtiss Kittyhawk and the Bell Airacobra P39.

    "Don't give me a P39,
    With an engine that's mounted behind,
    It will tumble and roll,
    And dig a big hole,
    Don't give me a P39"

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  4. Anonymous2:29 am

    Are they not D Day invasion stripes.

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  5. They are indeed invasion stripes.

    House of Dumb. I commented on this as did my co-blogger. We used words and you demonstrate what 1000 of them are worth. Bravo!

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  6. Cadillac of the Skies

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouJ_WyS9v8

    Pilot of P51 'Tugboat' Ray Hanna. Other Mustang pilots, Ray Hanna and Hoof Proudfoot.

    Sadly none of them survive, Hoof died in a P-38 crash, Mark in a ME 109 crash and Ray passed away in 2005.

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  7. Chuck Yeager is still with us, though I don't think he's ever thanked the Brits for commissioning the thing in the beginning.

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