Seem's these type's of Aircraft, WERE pretty busy right now 65 year's ago

I’m guessing it a very subtle hint :p , for your ah, um, former associate’s or friend’s Avro mate!! :rolleyes:

Naaa,
It’s actualy aimed at the tossers who now say we can’t, celebrate, remember etc, the lives of the guys who gave thier lives, so we can enjoy the way of life we have today.

Not a bad idea though.

Take care.

AF (Ex BBMF)

LOOK OUT!!!! HUN’S.

Screamed a young pilot pilot over the R/T, Init’s JJ, as a single 109 dived straight though D.B.’s Beehive formation

Sort of became a BIT famous JJ, after he settled down and was a less excited boy!

” Hallo, Douglas. About forty bandit’s heading for London. Will you patrol Canterbury-Gravesend “

” Nacht “

THE BIGGGG DAY FOR THE POM”S(other than the Cricket)

O.k, this is IT 😀 ,

B of B Day, 65 year’s on! 😮

Macfire, Sorry no detail’s mate, don’t get much from Axl’s except great picture’s, may some bright spark on here can maybe work it out for ya. :rolleyes:

Firebird 😉 , YES Bader is an inspiration to me for life in general, that really help’s me make the effort to just get out of bed each and every day.

From Tom Pike, Air Vice Marshal and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, said this of Bader after the War.

” I think he almost eliminated fear from his pilot’s. His semi-humorous, bloodthirsty outlook was exactly what is wanted in war and their morale soared. He was a tremendous tonic “

From pilot Ken Holden, ” I’ve never known a braver man. He was mad about getting at the Hun and couldn’t talk about anything else. He was a dynamo with terrific morale and a strange power over his men so that they all caught his spirit.

From Paul Brickhill, I agree with all those who class him as the best fighter leader and tactician of WW2(and one of the best pilot’s). Also, I know of no other fighter tactician so outstanding in other War’s.
But his main triumph is not his air fighting: that was only an episode that focused a world’s attention on the greater victory he was achieving in showing humanity new horizon’s of courage, not in war, not only for the limbless, but in LIFE!.

All from Reach for the Sky, which I read when feeling really Sh*t and bailing out on life 😮 .

Alway’s atleast once a year I read it again, If it’s a bad year for life in general and My old M.S.(Now it’s 13 year’s old) is doing me over once more, Well it come’s outagain :rolleyes: .

Work’s like a charm for me, Thank you D.B. and Paul B, I am still here for now JUST because of you guy’s, not buying the farm quiet yet! :p .

And thank you again for all the ” Few ” that gave the Hun’s their first real ar$e kickking 65 year’s ago, and started the beginning of the END of WW2.

Ciao for now, NOT real flash again today, must rest up a bit again and lay down for a while 🙂

Only one day to GO!!!

The photo of Winston Churchill, two fingers to the do-gooders.

AF (Ex BBMF)

I’m guessing it a very subtle hint :p , for your ah, um, former associate’s or friend’s Avro mate!! :rolleyes:

Lost me Emil’s on first post 😉 , Dunno what happened :confused: .

I thought I had read that Jame’s, Thank’s mate, such a shame the power’s at be did not get their act’s together, and just save live’s.

Navy!!!, was it still a little bit of that inter rival’s stuff happening there, seem’s a LOT went on :rolleyes: .

The photo of Winston Churchill, two fingers to the do-gooders.

AF (Ex BBMF)

Yellow

Lost me Emil’s on first post 😉 , Dunno what happened :confused: .

I thought I had read that Jame’s, Thank’s mate, such a shame the power’s at be did not get their act’s together, and just save live’s.

Navy!!!, was it still a little bit of that inter rival’s stuff happening there, seem’s a LOT went on :rolleyes: .

Did the shagbat, get used like the He-59, at this point as well?

The RAF had assumed that the Royal Navy would pick up down aircrew, which did not happen. Late in the battle the first Lysanders were co-opted with the increase in RAF ASR work. The Walrus, Defiant etc joined later still. Sadly, we’ll never know how many aircrew died in the channel who could have been saved, but it was certainly ‘too many’.

Stormbird,

Only just came across this thread. Fantastic pics thanks for letting us see them.

Glyn

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Lot! :rolleyes:

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(all from axl’s gallery)except Bader!

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He is my tribute to the Battle of Britain 🙂 .

Please add more if you like Lady and Gent’s, or comment’s are most welcome 😉 .

Ah…bit of a Bader fan then. :rolleyes:

That last photo, surely not the infamous lost post-war ‘Liverpool Re-Visited’ reunion photo is it…… :diablo: 😀

I’ll get me coat……..

On a more serious note, as the 65th Anniversary fast approaches, it’s very sobering to see how few, The Few are now getting.
Just looking at the list of the top 15 highest scoring RAF pilots during the Battle, only 1, Bob Doe, is still alive. Of the corresponding top 15 scoring Luftwaffe pilots, none of them are around anymore, the last of those 15, Gerhard Schopfel, died in 2003.

🙁

Any details available regarding the 2nd photo?
Where?
When?
Unit?

Looks almost like some Sand & Stone schemes in that lot