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Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collection
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:26 pm
by Chuck
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490
Cracking photo of him as a young pilot. Looks like a typical WW2 pilot image I reckon..
Re: Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collecti
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:23 pm
by Les
What an amazing man, and a fantastic collection of photographs.
Re: Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collecti
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:59 pm
by DW58
A great tribute to a brave man, but spoilt as only the Daily Mail can by bad research and inaccurate photo captions.
You'd think that if the Mail run such an article, they'd make the effort to get it right - so many errors and inaccuracies.
Re: Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collecti
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:52 pm
by Egg on Leggs1
The old Mayford 2, not many people knew they were in use. aaarggh
Re: Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collecti
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:28 pm
by DW58
And the oddest looking Blenheim and Sea Fury plus only 544 RAF pilots and aircrew killed during WWII! aaarggh
The Daily Mail can make a pig's ear from any story, but partilularly anything remotely military - such a shame.
Re: Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collecti
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:28 pm
by 1066
DW58 wrote:544 RAF pilots and aircrew killed during WWII!
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This figure refers to the aircrew casualties who actually took part in "The Battle of Britain" (Summer of 1940)
Re: Battle of Britain Pilot - dies and leaves photo collecti
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:26 pm
by Chuck
The old Mayford 2, not many people knew they were in use. aaarggh
Not many knew they existed either
......I didn't, and I thought I was quite good on WW2 era aircraft..just goes to show.