…..Flt Lt James Brindley Nicolson VC carried out the heroic act that led to his Victoria Cross award. Flying a Hurricane from 249 Squadron at Boscombe Down he won the only VC to be given to a member of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain or indeed WW2.
By: adrian_gray - 16th August 2007 at 13:19
And that three 56sqn Hurricane pilots shot a Dornier17Z down on the beach at Whitstable in Kent. Seconds later, the engine of one burst into flames and he made a split-ass belly landing nearby, tripping into a cowpat in his haste to leave his burning aircraft. He was the only one of the airmen involved in that action to survive the war…
52 years later I nearly killed my stupid self on its bomb load…
RIP all of you.
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August 16, 2007 at 12:24 pm