Who can spot the howler? Spitfire quiz.

4. The Fairey Swordfish planes flew so slowly that naval anti-aircraft guns couldn’t lock onto them to shoot them down.
These antiquated planes became famous after an impressive display in the famous 11November Battle of Taranto, in which they sank the battleship Littorio and two others. However, all six attacking Swordfishes involved in the February 1942 ‘Channel Dash’ were shot down, mostly by anti-aircraft fire.

Lt/Cdr Esmonde had part of a port wing damaged by AA fire, but was shot down by the covering fighters – as were the rest of the flight from 825NAS. Still, it was an important part of the Battle of Britain…

I was about to jump in and tear apart all those myths but… the title is actually

7 common myths about the Battle of Britain and WWII

which accounts for the Me262 and Swordfish stories.

From the same website: ‘The Most Common Battle of Britain Myths’…..enjoy!

http://www.military-history.org/articles/the-most-common-battle-of-britain-myths.htm

#7 France fell in December 1940?

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Winston Churchill
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Oh, great.

Churchill was born after his parents enjoyed a holiday in Jamaica.
Adolf Hitlers mustache was actually the result of trying to repair an accident at his local barbers.
After Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili changed his name, he was relentlessly pursued by twitchers who phonetically mistook his new surname for Sturnus Vulgaris.

Yes, they’re still waiting for the AA.

Very droll, Mr Boyle.

‘Disabling’ it…..is it still up there???

Yes, they’re still waiting for the AA.

‘Disabling’ it…..is it still up there???

I was told, when learning to fly, that the idea was to keep the number of take-off and landings the same !

Next time I am in the Pimlico area I will have a look.

Stop it now – You know it upsets people.

Po-faced seriousness only on this thread please.

Moggy

I love Creaking Door’s literalism (#5)

Number 10: Any thread on here mentioning ‘Spitfire’ will soon contain a reference to ‘Burma’!

They have missed out number 9 : There are over 300 Spitfires buried in Burma

…pilot Sergeant Raymond Holmes spotted a German bomber heading for central London. With his Spitfire out of ammo, Holmes heroically decided to ram the bomber, disabling it over Victoria station.

‘Disabling’ it…..is it still up there???

The Spitfire was the only plane to be continuously under construction throughout the Second World War.

The Spitfire was the only British fighter aircraft (never call it a plane)…

#4 Oh my G
#5 oh my Fgg
#6 ?
#7 oh really, I must remember this
#8 ????

Raymond Holmes was flying a modified Spitfire so different from the original they called it a Hurricane.